We use the clay in many industrial applications as raw material, cement, porcelain, ceramic, brick, chemical. In oil and gas well drilling, we use clay as main material in MUD. The clay formations can be penetrated usually during well drilling, these formations cause enormous problems.
For these reasons, drilling engineer must know the clay properties, its types and the effect of water on the clay behavior, to use correctly this rock during drilling processes.
In this research, we focus on the swelling properties of clay, the cation exchange capacity and the efficacy content of clay in mud, to deal ideally the drilling problems attached to clay formations in Syrian oil and gas fields.
Al-Baath University Journal.
2017.
Experimental study of clay properties and behavior during oil and gas wells drilling
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