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Efficient Models to Evaluate the Effect of Temperature on the Water Loss, Filter Cake, and Yield Stress of Polymerized Clay Bentonite Using in the Oil Well Drilling Operation

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Drilling fluids have rheological and filtration properties, and controlling these properties is essential for the effectiveness of the drilling process. Polymers are developing as one of the most significant additions to drilling fluids among the common additives for controlling these properties. The impact of bentonite treated with natural polymer (P) on the rheological characteristics and fluid loss of WBM was studied. Hence, 208 data of water-based drilling muds were collected from the published articles, and 64 data were obtained experimentally in this investigation considering the concentration of bentonite, polymer, and temperature range of 0–14 wt%, 0–3 wt%, and 25–150 °C, respectively. Temperature effects the rheological properties and fluid loss; while the temperature increased from 25 to 85 °C of 2% bentonite, the initial shear stress decreased by 34%, fluid loss increased by 54%, and mud cake thickness increased by 67% of WBMs. The shear stress and shear strain rate relationships for water-based drilling muds (WBMs) were simulated using Weibull and Vipulanandan rheological models. The modeling results were compared with the Herschel–Bulkley model. Furthermore, the fluid loss relationships for water-based drilling muds (WBMs) were simulated using LSM and Vipulanandan fluid loss models. The modeling results were compared with the API fluid loss model. The results show that the nonlinear model is stronger than the linear model in predicting the shear stress of WBMs as a function of bentonite, polymer, and temperature. Meanwhile, according to several statistical tests, the Weibull and LSM models were more effective in predicting the initial shear stress and fluid loss than other rheological models.

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The University of Soran, College of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering- supported this work. The authors thank Petrochem (https://www.petrocheme.com/) for their support during the study.

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  1. Petrolum Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Soran University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

    Zanwer Tahr & Jagar A. Ali

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, 46001, Iraq

    Ahmed Salih Mohammed

  3. American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

    Ahmed Salih Mohammed

  4. Department of Geology, Palacký University, 17. Listopadu 12, 77146, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Jagar A. Ali

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Tahr, Z., Mohammed, A.S. & Ali, J.A. Efficient Models to Evaluate the Effect of Temperature on the Water Loss, Filter Cake, and Yield Stress of Polymerized Clay Bentonite Using in the Oil Well Drilling Operation. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng 47, 1089–1107 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-022-00972-0

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