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EFFECT OF FLY ASH ON THE RHEOLOGICAL AND FILTRATION
PROPERTIES OF WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS
Vikas Mahto1
and Rajat Jain2
1
Associate Professor, 2
Research Scholar, Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
mahto.v.pe@ismdhanbad.ac.in , rajatjain070289@gmail.com
Abstract
An experimental investigation was carried out to study the effect of fly ash on the rheological and filtration properties of water based
drilling fluids with the objective of the development of environmentally acceptable non-damaging and inhibitive drilling fluid system
to drill sensitive formations. Initially, different drilling fluids combinations were prepared using carboxy methyl cellulose (low
viscosity grade), polyanionic cellulose, xanthan gum, and potassium chloride. The rheological properties as well as filtration
properties of these drilling fluids were measured by API recommended methods. These drilling fluids show very good rheological
behavior but poor filtration loss characteristics. When fly ash was added in these drilling fluid combinations, a nanoparticles fluid
system was established which has better control on filtration properties without affecting the rheological properties and has good
potential for the drilling of sensitive formations.
Index Terms: Filtrate Loss Properties, Rheological Properties, Wellbore Instability, Inhibitive Drilling Fluid,
Nanoparticles, Shale.
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1. INTRODUCTION
The appropriate selection of the drilling fluids and the
variation in their properties when subjected to the borehole
conditions are the major concern of the drilling engineers and
operators [1] [2]. The drilling of sensitive formations like
shales, shaly sandstones, fractured and unconsolidated
reservoirs causes borehole hydration and dispersion of cuttings
which may lead to wellbore instability, additional reaming,
inadequate logging, pipe sticking, high torque, pipe suck-up
[3] [4]. The various forms of hole instability result from the
interaction of drilling fluid with sensitive formations which
are related to hydration, swelling and dispersion of the
sensitive formations. Water is adsorbed on clays by two
phenomena: surface hydration and osmotic swelling.
Crystalline swelling is exhibited by all clays and the later one
can be seen in certain clays of the smectite group [5].
Normally, non-aqueous drilling fluids are acceptable due to
their high performance as they are less sensitive to the
borehole environment; provide high lubricity and deliver
better drilling efficiency. But, environmental considerations
regarding the fluid disposal and miscellaneous costs are the
factors which limit their applications [6] [7]. However, Water
based drilling fluids don’t have these unwanted issues
associated with their application in drilling a well. But, they
are highly sensitive to formation characteristics and a single
fluid can’t be used to drill all wells [8]. Water based drilling
fluids are generally considered to be more environmentally
acceptable than oil-based mud or synthetic based fluids. These
drilling fluids facilitate clay hydration and swelling which can
increase the well construction costs significantly [9].
Smectite clays are frequently encountered by the operators
while exploiting any reservoir. Clay minerals have different
types of exchangeable cations which affect the amount of
swelling. They compete with water molecules for the available
reactive sites in the clay structure. Clay with low valence
exchangeable cations has high tendency to swell than those
with high valences. Understanding of the basic mechanism of
clay swelling is essential for developing a mud system. Clay
inhibitors are used to inhibit swelling tendency of the clays but
the use of some inhibitors is retarded by the increasingly strict
environmental guidelines especially in densely populated
areas [5].
Selection of the drilling fluid is based on the desired
rheological parameters and filtration properties by the
engineer keeping in view the borehole conditions. The high
yield point/plastic viscosity ratio indicates that it is a shear
thinning mud which is desirable for drilling fluid as it sets to a
gel, which is sufficient to suspend the cuttings when
circulation is stopped and which breaks up quickly to a thin
fluid when it is agitated by continuation of drilling [10].
Formation damage due to invasion of drilling fluids filtrate is
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well known problem in the drilling of oil & gas wells. This is
caused by the differential pressure between the hydrostatic
mud column and formation pressure.
Fly ash is the industrial waste product that is obtained after the
burning of coal in factories and thermal power plants. Fly ash
can be considered as the world’s fifth largest raw material
resource. Currently, the energy sector in India generates over
130 Mt of Fly Ash annually and this amount will increase as
annual coal consumption increases by 2.2% [11]. The large-
scale storage of wet fly ash in ponds takes up much valuable
agricultural land approximately (113 million m2
), and may
result in severe environmental degradation in the near future,
which would be disastrous for India. Fly ash is generally grey
in colour, abrasive, mostly alkaline, and refractory in nature.
The chemical composition of fly ash has high percentage of
silica (60–65%), alumina (25–30%), magnetite, Fe2O3 (6–
15%) [12].
The filtration properties of a drilling fluid system are highly
influenced by the use of fly ash in the developed mud system
[13]. Fly ash is eco-friendly and doesn’t raise any
environmental issues as it is quite compatible with the soil.
Even, fly ash improves the physical properties and nutrients of
the soil, making it more fertile and beneficial for the growth of
plants [14]. Hence, adding fly ash to drilling fluid will not
raise any sort of burden on disposal of the fluids after drilling
and there is much scope of utilization of this industrial waste
in the drilling of oil & Gas wells.
This experimental work consists of the development of
ecofriendly inhibitive and non-damaging water based drilling
fluid system by using xanthan gum as viscosifier, polyanionic
cellulose as fluid loss control agent, potassium chloride as
shale inhibitor and fly ash as bridging agent for the control of
filtration properties of the drilling fluids. Compared to other
particulate bridging agents, used in drilling fluids such as
calcium carbonate (CaCO3), fly ash has advantage of being
cheaper and lighter. As density of calcium carbonate is 2.7
g/cc and density of fly ash is 2.2 g/cc [15].
2. Experimental work
2.1 Materials used:
Low viscosity grade carboxy methyl cellulose, potassium
chloride were purchased from Central Drug House (P) Ltd.
(CDH), India and low viscosity grade polyanionic cellulose,
xanthan gum, octanol were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich,
India , fly ash was collected from an 10MW operational
thermal power plant located in Jharia division.
2.2 Experimental procedure:
Firstly, the powdered form of drilling fluid additives were
weighed and mixed with water in the Hamilton Beach stirrer.
The powder samples were added one by one; at first potassium
chloride was added and allowed to mix thoroughly. Xanthan
gum which acts as a viscofier was added and mixed
thoroughly. After complete mixing, low viscosity grade
carboxy methyl cellulose & polyanionic cellulose which act as
a fluid loss control additives were added slowly. Also, 2-3
drops of octanol were put in the solution which acts as a
defoamer.
Fann V-G meter 35SA model (Fann Instrument Company,
Houston, Texas) was used to measure the dial readings which
were further empirically correlated to determine rheological
properties like plastic viscosity, apparent viscosity, yield
point; and also the initial and 10 minutes gel strength of the
prepared homogenous solutions. API (American Petroleum
Institute) Filter press apparatus was used to measure the
filtration properties of the different solutions.
Rheological and filtration properties were again measured by
adding different concentrations of fly ash which acted as an
effective bridging agent in the developed mud system. Fly ash
was collected directly from a thermal power plant of 10MW
instead of the pond so as to get better results. Effect of adding
different concentrations of fly ash on the density of the
solutions is also analyzed by Fann mud balance model 140.
Particle size distribution of the developed drilling fluid
systems is analyzed by using Zetasizer Nano S90 model
(Malvern Instruments Ltd, UK). Finally, optimum
concentrations were obtained which satisfy the criteria of non-
damaging drilling fluid.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Bentonite clay is used most commonly for the preparation of
water based drilling fluids. The organic polymers are added in
bentonite water suspension to improve its rheological
properties and to control filtration loss properties [16]. In this
study bentonite clay is not used as it causes permeability
reduction in the petroleum formations [17] and it contains
many exchangeable ionic sites, which is not desired for
drilling sensitive formations. Hence, bentonite free drilling
fluid system is established by varying concentrations of the
bio-polymers and semi-synthetic polymers. The developed
systems are inhibited by potassium chloride. Instead of
bentonite viscosity is imparted by non-ionic polymer xanthan
gum as it provides very high viscosity at lower concentrations
and it is quite compatible with the other polymers used in the
system. Low viscosity grade carboxy methyl cellulose and
polyanionic cellulose are used to control filtration as they have
good temperature stability of 1210
C and 1490
C respectively
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[16]. Carboxy methyl cellulose also helps in maintaining the
rheology of the fluid inside the wellbore when dispersion of
cutting takes place while drilling clay formations especially on
plastic viscosity and apparent viscosity. Initially, optimized
base fluid systems are developed at different concentrations as
shown in Table 1, and the rheological and filtration properties
of these fluid systems are shown in Table 2. The developed
systems have high yield point and plastic viscosity ratio which
is the essential part and the sign of the shear thinning fluid,
required for good suspension ability of cuttings when drilling
is stopped and thereby enhances the drilling efficiency of the
drilling fluid [10]. On increasing the amount of xanthan gum
rheological parameters were increased sharply. Also, plastic
viscosity is low which results in high rate of penetration.
Apparent viscosity is in moderate range as desired which
imparts low viscosity inside the pipe where shear rates are
high and high viscosity in the annulus to lift out the drilled
cuttings prevailing to low shear rate conditions.
Table-1: Composition of the developed Mud System
Mud
System
Composition (w/v %)
Xanthan
Gum
Polyanionic
Cellulose-
LVG
Carboxy
Methyl
Cellulose-
LVG
Potassium
chloride
1 0.3 0.4 0.4 5
2 0.3 0.6 0.6 5
3 0.5 0.6 0.6 5
4 0.3 0.8 0.8 5
5 0.3 0.8 0.6 5
Filtration is the important phenomenon that can be seen in the
wellbore due to pressure exerted by the hydrostatic column of
the mud. Invasion of filtrate inside the formation accelerates
ionic diffusion which results in severe problems leading to
wellbore instability and sometime to wellbore failure [18]
[19]. Swelling pressure is a strong function of the ionic
diffusion at clay sites. Also, it has been observed that when
water invasion proceeds at millimetres a day; ions will diffuse
over centimetres in a day and pressure will diffuse over
decimetres a day [18].
Filtration properties of the base fluid systems reported in table
2 are high and will raise many issues regarding hole stability.
Cake thickness is also high which is not desirable. Sometimes
removal of higher cake thickness needs extra operations like
back flushing but this operation too have certain limitations
and will increase drilling costs & time [20]. Also, high cake
thickness may result in decrease production and may demand
for work over jobs. Fluid loss is decreased with the increase in
the concentrations of carboxy methyl cellulose and
polyanionic cellulose which are fluid loss additives.
To account for all these severe issues fly ash which acted as a
bridging agent is used. The effect of fly ash on the filtration
properties is shown by gradually increasing the fly ash
concentration starting from 1%. The effect of 1% fly ash on
filtrate loss can be seen in Table 3. The filtrate loss and the
cake thickness are reduced. By increasing the concentration to
2% as reported in Table 4 the filtrate loss and cake thickness
are further reduced. At last on addition of 3% of fly ash the
filtration properties are improved further as shown in Table 5.
The reason for this behaviour of the fluid is due to the
availability of very fine size particles of fly ash in the
solutions which settles very quickly to form a very thin
impermeable filter cake.
Table-2: Rheological and Filtration properties of the developed mud system
Mud
System
Plastic
Viscosity
(cp)
Apparent
Viscosity
(cp)
Yield
Point,
lbf/100 ft2
Initial Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
10 minutes
Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
API,
Filtrate
loss in ml
Cake
thickness
(mm)
1 12 20 16 4 7 16 0.8
2 13.5 22 17 5 8 15 0.8
3 15 30.5 31 9 16 13 0.55
4 18 29 22 5 9 12 0.55
5 15 25 20 4.5 8 14 0.6
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The bridging effect of fly ash particles further results in very
poor filtration loss. The major advantages of using fly ash as
bridging agent is that it is less denser than calcium carbonate,
being the waste product it is very cheap & easily available,
and due to nutritive value of the fly ash to the soil it is
environmentally acceptable. By analyzing results as shown in
the tables the effect of adding fly ash on the rheological
properties is very negligible. Hence, adding of fly ash to the
prepared homogenous solution will not alter the rheological
parameters significantly. There is not any significant effect of
fly ash on the density of the fluid systems. The pH of the
developed system was in range of 8.5-9.0. The developed
drilling fluid systems need to be inhibited and must control the
swelling pressure hence 5 % KCL is added to the developed
drilling fluids which is the normal concentration used in
development of inhibited drilling in most of the fields [13].
The drill-in fluid should contain bridging solids of a specific
particle size distribution (PSD) that is able to cope with the
natural heterogeneity encountered in a formation. This plays a
critical role in the rapid formation of the filter cake. In order to
improve filtration properties for better performance there must
be smaller particles that should bridge the formation pores
[13].Particle size distribution of the different base polymer
Table-3: Rheological and Filtration Properties of the developed mud system with 1% TPFA
Mud
System
Plastic
Viscosity
(cp)
Apparent
Viscosity
(cp)
Yield
Point,
lbf/100
ft2
Initial Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
10 minutes
Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
API,
Filtrate
loss in
ml
Cake
thickness
(mm)
1 12 20 16 4 7 12 0.55
2 13.5 22 17 5 8 10 0.5
3 15 30.5 31 9 16 9 0.4
4 18 29 22 5 9 9 0.4
5 15 25 20 4.5 8 10 0.5
Table-4: Rheological and Filtration Properties of the developed mud system with 2% TPFA
Mud
System
Plastic
Viscosity
(cp)
Apparent
Viscosity
(cp)
Yield
Point,
lbf/100
ft2
Initial Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
10 minutes
Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
API,
Filtrate
loss in
ml
Cake
thickness
(mm)
1 12 20 16 4 7 11 0.5
2 13.5 22 17 5 8 9 0.5
3 15 30.5 31 9 16 8 0.4
4 18 29 22 5 9 7 0.3
5 15 25 20 4.5 8 8 0.4
Table-5: Rheological and Filtration properties of the developed mud systems with 3 % TPFA
Mud
System
Plastic
Viscosity
(cp)
Apparent
Viscosity
(cp)
Yield
Point,
lbf/100 ft2
Initial
Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
10 minutes
Gel
Strength,
lb/100ft2
API,
Filtrate
loss in ml
Cake
thickness
(mm)
1 12 20 16 4 7 10 0.5
2 13 21.75 17.5 5 8 8 0.4
3 15 30.5 31 9 16 8 0.4
4 17.5 28.75 22.5 5 9 6 0.3
5 15 25 20 4.5 8 7 0.35
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systems can be seen in the Fig. 1 to 5. It is very clear from the
results that larger the amount of the smaller size particles and
lesser the value of Z-average better will be the filtration and
rheological properties. Also, the spurt loss which is defined as
the invasion of filtrate or fluid loss that passes through the
filter medium before a filter cake is formed is also the strong
function of the particle size of the bridging agent. If particles
are not bridging quickly to form the filter cake then spurt loss
will be high which will damage the formation.
Fig-1: Particle size distribution of the mud system 1
(Z average (r.nm) = 1287)
Fig-2: Particle size distribution of the mud system 2
(Z average (r.nm) = 1572)
Fig-3: Particle size distribution of the mud system 3
(Z average (r.nm) = 8465)
Fig-4: Particle size distribution of the mud system 4
(Z average (r.nm) = 7139)
Fig-5: Particle size distribution of the mud system 5
(Z average (r.nm) = 1269)
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In our case with fly ash the spurt loss was negligible and the
filter cake was formed very quickly thereby minimizing the
fluid loss with increase in the concentration of the fly ash.
Also, effect of fly ash on the PSD (Particle Size Distribution)
is shown with one mud system by gradually increasing the
quantity of fly ash. Mud system 3 is selected to analyze the
effect of fly ash on the particle size of the developed mud
system. In Fig.6 the mud system which is incorporated by 1%
of fly ash has radius of around 85 % particles in 100
nanometre range and Z-average size is around 1026.
Fig-6: Particle size distribution of mud system 3 with 1% fly
ash (Z average (r.nm) = 1026)
Fig-7: Particle size distribution of mud system 3 with 2% fly
ash (Z-average (r.nm) = 876.7)
. Again, in Fig.7 by increasing fly ash concentration to 2% the
mud system have around 65% of the particles radius in 1 to 2
nanometre range and also reduced Z-average size which is
around 867.7. So, by increasing the concentration of fly ash
the particles size reduces and hence improves the filtration
properties of the drilling fluids significantly. Systems with the
nanoparticles has better control on filtration properties and are
advantageous in controlling fluid invasion to the formations.
Also nanoparticles based drilling fluid system helps in
wellbore strengthening while drilling shale reservoirs as they
can penetrate the formation pores easily and thereby bridging
the formation [19]. The results that were obtained and shown
in this paper state that presence of nanoparticles in the
developed system has improve the filtration properties
significantly.
CONCLUSIONS
Following conclusions are drawn from the present
experimental work:
1. The filtration properties were improved with the increase in
concentration of the fly ash. As the availability of smaller size
particles has increased in the developed drilling fluid system,
which resulted in better bridging effect of the particles
therefore reducing the cake thickness and filter loss.
2. The particles size got reduced after the addition of the fly ash
in the developed drilling fluid system.
3. Presence of nanoparticles in the system improves the
properties of the developed drilling fluid system.
4. Sequence of adding and mixing of the polymers is very crucial
and should be done very carefully in order to prepare
homogenous solutions.
5. Effect of fly ash on the rheological properties is very
negligible.
6. Fly ash may compete with other bridging agent due to its
better efficiency, availability, better environmental effects, and
low cost factor. It should be utilized at best as it is the waste
product of the industries in huge amount.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors thank Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad for
providing financial assistance and extensive research facilities
to carry out this work.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Vikas Mahto, presently serving as Associate
Professor, has joined Petroleum Engineering
Department of Indian School of Mines Dhanbad
in 2004 as Lecturer after completing his Ph.D.
Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the same
institute. He has fifty publications in the different
national/international journals & conferences of
repute. He has completed three research projects
sponsored by UGC-ISM, UGC New Delhi and
CSIR New Delhi.
He is currently involved in the several works in the area of
Drilling Fluid Design and Analysis, Application of nanoparticles
and nanofluids in different oilfield operations, Water shut off jobs
and Conformance Control, Flow Assurance Problems in the
oilfields, EOR Techniques and Artificial Lift Techniques. He is
Associate Editor of IST Transactions of Environmental Systems-
Theory and Applications and International Journal of Chemical
Research. He is reviewer of many international journals like
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Petroleum Science
and Technology, Applied Clay Science, Chemical Engineering
Journal, International Journal of Petroleum Engineering,
Scientific Journals International, Chemical and Bioengineering,
Advances in Sustainable Petroleum Engineering Science etc. and
member of many International Boards like International Journal
of Petroleum Engineering, Scientific Journals International etc.
Received Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum
Engineering, from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of
Petroleum Tehcnology (RGIPT), Raebareli in the
year 2012. Pursuing PhD degree in Department
of Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of
Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Research
interests include designing of different non-
damaging drilling fluid systems for sensitive
formations, incorporation of nanotechnology in
designing of drilling fluid systems.

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Effect of fly ash on the rheological and filtration properties of water based drilling fluids

  • 1. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 150 EFFECT OF FLY ASH ON THE RHEOLOGICAL AND FILTRATION PROPERTIES OF WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS Vikas Mahto1 and Rajat Jain2 1 Associate Professor, 2 Research Scholar, Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India mahto.v.pe@ismdhanbad.ac.in , rajatjain070289@gmail.com Abstract An experimental investigation was carried out to study the effect of fly ash on the rheological and filtration properties of water based drilling fluids with the objective of the development of environmentally acceptable non-damaging and inhibitive drilling fluid system to drill sensitive formations. Initially, different drilling fluids combinations were prepared using carboxy methyl cellulose (low viscosity grade), polyanionic cellulose, xanthan gum, and potassium chloride. The rheological properties as well as filtration properties of these drilling fluids were measured by API recommended methods. These drilling fluids show very good rheological behavior but poor filtration loss characteristics. When fly ash was added in these drilling fluid combinations, a nanoparticles fluid system was established which has better control on filtration properties without affecting the rheological properties and has good potential for the drilling of sensitive formations. Index Terms: Filtrate Loss Properties, Rheological Properties, Wellbore Instability, Inhibitive Drilling Fluid, Nanoparticles, Shale. -----------------------------------------------------------------------***----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION The appropriate selection of the drilling fluids and the variation in their properties when subjected to the borehole conditions are the major concern of the drilling engineers and operators [1] [2]. The drilling of sensitive formations like shales, shaly sandstones, fractured and unconsolidated reservoirs causes borehole hydration and dispersion of cuttings which may lead to wellbore instability, additional reaming, inadequate logging, pipe sticking, high torque, pipe suck-up [3] [4]. The various forms of hole instability result from the interaction of drilling fluid with sensitive formations which are related to hydration, swelling and dispersion of the sensitive formations. Water is adsorbed on clays by two phenomena: surface hydration and osmotic swelling. Crystalline swelling is exhibited by all clays and the later one can be seen in certain clays of the smectite group [5]. Normally, non-aqueous drilling fluids are acceptable due to their high performance as they are less sensitive to the borehole environment; provide high lubricity and deliver better drilling efficiency. But, environmental considerations regarding the fluid disposal and miscellaneous costs are the factors which limit their applications [6] [7]. However, Water based drilling fluids don’t have these unwanted issues associated with their application in drilling a well. But, they are highly sensitive to formation characteristics and a single fluid can’t be used to drill all wells [8]. Water based drilling fluids are generally considered to be more environmentally acceptable than oil-based mud or synthetic based fluids. These drilling fluids facilitate clay hydration and swelling which can increase the well construction costs significantly [9]. Smectite clays are frequently encountered by the operators while exploiting any reservoir. Clay minerals have different types of exchangeable cations which affect the amount of swelling. They compete with water molecules for the available reactive sites in the clay structure. Clay with low valence exchangeable cations has high tendency to swell than those with high valences. Understanding of the basic mechanism of clay swelling is essential for developing a mud system. Clay inhibitors are used to inhibit swelling tendency of the clays but the use of some inhibitors is retarded by the increasingly strict environmental guidelines especially in densely populated areas [5]. Selection of the drilling fluid is based on the desired rheological parameters and filtration properties by the engineer keeping in view the borehole conditions. The high yield point/plastic viscosity ratio indicates that it is a shear thinning mud which is desirable for drilling fluid as it sets to a gel, which is sufficient to suspend the cuttings when circulation is stopped and which breaks up quickly to a thin fluid when it is agitated by continuation of drilling [10]. Formation damage due to invasion of drilling fluids filtrate is
  • 2. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 151 well known problem in the drilling of oil & gas wells. This is caused by the differential pressure between the hydrostatic mud column and formation pressure. Fly ash is the industrial waste product that is obtained after the burning of coal in factories and thermal power plants. Fly ash can be considered as the world’s fifth largest raw material resource. Currently, the energy sector in India generates over 130 Mt of Fly Ash annually and this amount will increase as annual coal consumption increases by 2.2% [11]. The large- scale storage of wet fly ash in ponds takes up much valuable agricultural land approximately (113 million m2 ), and may result in severe environmental degradation in the near future, which would be disastrous for India. Fly ash is generally grey in colour, abrasive, mostly alkaline, and refractory in nature. The chemical composition of fly ash has high percentage of silica (60–65%), alumina (25–30%), magnetite, Fe2O3 (6– 15%) [12]. The filtration properties of a drilling fluid system are highly influenced by the use of fly ash in the developed mud system [13]. Fly ash is eco-friendly and doesn’t raise any environmental issues as it is quite compatible with the soil. Even, fly ash improves the physical properties and nutrients of the soil, making it more fertile and beneficial for the growth of plants [14]. Hence, adding fly ash to drilling fluid will not raise any sort of burden on disposal of the fluids after drilling and there is much scope of utilization of this industrial waste in the drilling of oil & Gas wells. This experimental work consists of the development of ecofriendly inhibitive and non-damaging water based drilling fluid system by using xanthan gum as viscosifier, polyanionic cellulose as fluid loss control agent, potassium chloride as shale inhibitor and fly ash as bridging agent for the control of filtration properties of the drilling fluids. Compared to other particulate bridging agents, used in drilling fluids such as calcium carbonate (CaCO3), fly ash has advantage of being cheaper and lighter. As density of calcium carbonate is 2.7 g/cc and density of fly ash is 2.2 g/cc [15]. 2. Experimental work 2.1 Materials used: Low viscosity grade carboxy methyl cellulose, potassium chloride were purchased from Central Drug House (P) Ltd. (CDH), India and low viscosity grade polyanionic cellulose, xanthan gum, octanol were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, India , fly ash was collected from an 10MW operational thermal power plant located in Jharia division. 2.2 Experimental procedure: Firstly, the powdered form of drilling fluid additives were weighed and mixed with water in the Hamilton Beach stirrer. The powder samples were added one by one; at first potassium chloride was added and allowed to mix thoroughly. Xanthan gum which acts as a viscofier was added and mixed thoroughly. After complete mixing, low viscosity grade carboxy methyl cellulose & polyanionic cellulose which act as a fluid loss control additives were added slowly. Also, 2-3 drops of octanol were put in the solution which acts as a defoamer. Fann V-G meter 35SA model (Fann Instrument Company, Houston, Texas) was used to measure the dial readings which were further empirically correlated to determine rheological properties like plastic viscosity, apparent viscosity, yield point; and also the initial and 10 minutes gel strength of the prepared homogenous solutions. API (American Petroleum Institute) Filter press apparatus was used to measure the filtration properties of the different solutions. Rheological and filtration properties were again measured by adding different concentrations of fly ash which acted as an effective bridging agent in the developed mud system. Fly ash was collected directly from a thermal power plant of 10MW instead of the pond so as to get better results. Effect of adding different concentrations of fly ash on the density of the solutions is also analyzed by Fann mud balance model 140. Particle size distribution of the developed drilling fluid systems is analyzed by using Zetasizer Nano S90 model (Malvern Instruments Ltd, UK). Finally, optimum concentrations were obtained which satisfy the criteria of non- damaging drilling fluid. 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Bentonite clay is used most commonly for the preparation of water based drilling fluids. The organic polymers are added in bentonite water suspension to improve its rheological properties and to control filtration loss properties [16]. In this study bentonite clay is not used as it causes permeability reduction in the petroleum formations [17] and it contains many exchangeable ionic sites, which is not desired for drilling sensitive formations. Hence, bentonite free drilling fluid system is established by varying concentrations of the bio-polymers and semi-synthetic polymers. The developed systems are inhibited by potassium chloride. Instead of bentonite viscosity is imparted by non-ionic polymer xanthan gum as it provides very high viscosity at lower concentrations and it is quite compatible with the other polymers used in the system. Low viscosity grade carboxy methyl cellulose and polyanionic cellulose are used to control filtration as they have good temperature stability of 1210 C and 1490 C respectively
  • 3. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 152 [16]. Carboxy methyl cellulose also helps in maintaining the rheology of the fluid inside the wellbore when dispersion of cutting takes place while drilling clay formations especially on plastic viscosity and apparent viscosity. Initially, optimized base fluid systems are developed at different concentrations as shown in Table 1, and the rheological and filtration properties of these fluid systems are shown in Table 2. The developed systems have high yield point and plastic viscosity ratio which is the essential part and the sign of the shear thinning fluid, required for good suspension ability of cuttings when drilling is stopped and thereby enhances the drilling efficiency of the drilling fluid [10]. On increasing the amount of xanthan gum rheological parameters were increased sharply. Also, plastic viscosity is low which results in high rate of penetration. Apparent viscosity is in moderate range as desired which imparts low viscosity inside the pipe where shear rates are high and high viscosity in the annulus to lift out the drilled cuttings prevailing to low shear rate conditions. Table-1: Composition of the developed Mud System Mud System Composition (w/v %) Xanthan Gum Polyanionic Cellulose- LVG Carboxy Methyl Cellulose- LVG Potassium chloride 1 0.3 0.4 0.4 5 2 0.3 0.6 0.6 5 3 0.5 0.6 0.6 5 4 0.3 0.8 0.8 5 5 0.3 0.8 0.6 5 Filtration is the important phenomenon that can be seen in the wellbore due to pressure exerted by the hydrostatic column of the mud. Invasion of filtrate inside the formation accelerates ionic diffusion which results in severe problems leading to wellbore instability and sometime to wellbore failure [18] [19]. Swelling pressure is a strong function of the ionic diffusion at clay sites. Also, it has been observed that when water invasion proceeds at millimetres a day; ions will diffuse over centimetres in a day and pressure will diffuse over decimetres a day [18]. Filtration properties of the base fluid systems reported in table 2 are high and will raise many issues regarding hole stability. Cake thickness is also high which is not desirable. Sometimes removal of higher cake thickness needs extra operations like back flushing but this operation too have certain limitations and will increase drilling costs & time [20]. Also, high cake thickness may result in decrease production and may demand for work over jobs. Fluid loss is decreased with the increase in the concentrations of carboxy methyl cellulose and polyanionic cellulose which are fluid loss additives. To account for all these severe issues fly ash which acted as a bridging agent is used. The effect of fly ash on the filtration properties is shown by gradually increasing the fly ash concentration starting from 1%. The effect of 1% fly ash on filtrate loss can be seen in Table 3. The filtrate loss and the cake thickness are reduced. By increasing the concentration to 2% as reported in Table 4 the filtrate loss and cake thickness are further reduced. At last on addition of 3% of fly ash the filtration properties are improved further as shown in Table 5. The reason for this behaviour of the fluid is due to the availability of very fine size particles of fly ash in the solutions which settles very quickly to form a very thin impermeable filter cake. Table-2: Rheological and Filtration properties of the developed mud system Mud System Plastic Viscosity (cp) Apparent Viscosity (cp) Yield Point, lbf/100 ft2 Initial Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 10 minutes Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 API, Filtrate loss in ml Cake thickness (mm) 1 12 20 16 4 7 16 0.8 2 13.5 22 17 5 8 15 0.8 3 15 30.5 31 9 16 13 0.55 4 18 29 22 5 9 12 0.55 5 15 25 20 4.5 8 14 0.6
  • 4. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 153 The bridging effect of fly ash particles further results in very poor filtration loss. The major advantages of using fly ash as bridging agent is that it is less denser than calcium carbonate, being the waste product it is very cheap & easily available, and due to nutritive value of the fly ash to the soil it is environmentally acceptable. By analyzing results as shown in the tables the effect of adding fly ash on the rheological properties is very negligible. Hence, adding of fly ash to the prepared homogenous solution will not alter the rheological parameters significantly. There is not any significant effect of fly ash on the density of the fluid systems. The pH of the developed system was in range of 8.5-9.0. The developed drilling fluid systems need to be inhibited and must control the swelling pressure hence 5 % KCL is added to the developed drilling fluids which is the normal concentration used in development of inhibited drilling in most of the fields [13]. The drill-in fluid should contain bridging solids of a specific particle size distribution (PSD) that is able to cope with the natural heterogeneity encountered in a formation. This plays a critical role in the rapid formation of the filter cake. In order to improve filtration properties for better performance there must be smaller particles that should bridge the formation pores [13].Particle size distribution of the different base polymer Table-3: Rheological and Filtration Properties of the developed mud system with 1% TPFA Mud System Plastic Viscosity (cp) Apparent Viscosity (cp) Yield Point, lbf/100 ft2 Initial Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 10 minutes Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 API, Filtrate loss in ml Cake thickness (mm) 1 12 20 16 4 7 12 0.55 2 13.5 22 17 5 8 10 0.5 3 15 30.5 31 9 16 9 0.4 4 18 29 22 5 9 9 0.4 5 15 25 20 4.5 8 10 0.5 Table-4: Rheological and Filtration Properties of the developed mud system with 2% TPFA Mud System Plastic Viscosity (cp) Apparent Viscosity (cp) Yield Point, lbf/100 ft2 Initial Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 10 minutes Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 API, Filtrate loss in ml Cake thickness (mm) 1 12 20 16 4 7 11 0.5 2 13.5 22 17 5 8 9 0.5 3 15 30.5 31 9 16 8 0.4 4 18 29 22 5 9 7 0.3 5 15 25 20 4.5 8 8 0.4 Table-5: Rheological and Filtration properties of the developed mud systems with 3 % TPFA Mud System Plastic Viscosity (cp) Apparent Viscosity (cp) Yield Point, lbf/100 ft2 Initial Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 10 minutes Gel Strength, lb/100ft2 API, Filtrate loss in ml Cake thickness (mm) 1 12 20 16 4 7 10 0.5 2 13 21.75 17.5 5 8 8 0.4 3 15 30.5 31 9 16 8 0.4 4 17.5 28.75 22.5 5 9 6 0.3 5 15 25 20 4.5 8 7 0.35
  • 5. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 154 systems can be seen in the Fig. 1 to 5. It is very clear from the results that larger the amount of the smaller size particles and lesser the value of Z-average better will be the filtration and rheological properties. Also, the spurt loss which is defined as the invasion of filtrate or fluid loss that passes through the filter medium before a filter cake is formed is also the strong function of the particle size of the bridging agent. If particles are not bridging quickly to form the filter cake then spurt loss will be high which will damage the formation. Fig-1: Particle size distribution of the mud system 1 (Z average (r.nm) = 1287) Fig-2: Particle size distribution of the mud system 2 (Z average (r.nm) = 1572) Fig-3: Particle size distribution of the mud system 3 (Z average (r.nm) = 8465) Fig-4: Particle size distribution of the mud system 4 (Z average (r.nm) = 7139) Fig-5: Particle size distribution of the mud system 5 (Z average (r.nm) = 1269)
  • 6. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 155 In our case with fly ash the spurt loss was negligible and the filter cake was formed very quickly thereby minimizing the fluid loss with increase in the concentration of the fly ash. Also, effect of fly ash on the PSD (Particle Size Distribution) is shown with one mud system by gradually increasing the quantity of fly ash. Mud system 3 is selected to analyze the effect of fly ash on the particle size of the developed mud system. In Fig.6 the mud system which is incorporated by 1% of fly ash has radius of around 85 % particles in 100 nanometre range and Z-average size is around 1026. Fig-6: Particle size distribution of mud system 3 with 1% fly ash (Z average (r.nm) = 1026) Fig-7: Particle size distribution of mud system 3 with 2% fly ash (Z-average (r.nm) = 876.7) . Again, in Fig.7 by increasing fly ash concentration to 2% the mud system have around 65% of the particles radius in 1 to 2 nanometre range and also reduced Z-average size which is around 867.7. So, by increasing the concentration of fly ash the particles size reduces and hence improves the filtration properties of the drilling fluids significantly. Systems with the nanoparticles has better control on filtration properties and are advantageous in controlling fluid invasion to the formations. Also nanoparticles based drilling fluid system helps in wellbore strengthening while drilling shale reservoirs as they can penetrate the formation pores easily and thereby bridging the formation [19]. The results that were obtained and shown in this paper state that presence of nanoparticles in the developed system has improve the filtration properties significantly. CONCLUSIONS Following conclusions are drawn from the present experimental work: 1. The filtration properties were improved with the increase in concentration of the fly ash. As the availability of smaller size particles has increased in the developed drilling fluid system, which resulted in better bridging effect of the particles therefore reducing the cake thickness and filter loss. 2. The particles size got reduced after the addition of the fly ash in the developed drilling fluid system. 3. Presence of nanoparticles in the system improves the properties of the developed drilling fluid system. 4. Sequence of adding and mixing of the polymers is very crucial and should be done very carefully in order to prepare homogenous solutions. 5. Effect of fly ash on the rheological properties is very negligible. 6. Fly ash may compete with other bridging agent due to its better efficiency, availability, better environmental effects, and low cost factor. It should be utilized at best as it is the waste product of the industries in huge amount. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The authors thank Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad for providing financial assistance and extensive research facilities to carry out this work. REFERENCES [1] Mahto, V., 2010. Development of Optimum Water Based Oil Well Drilling Fluids: A Systematic Approach” which is published in LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany. [2] Caenn,R., Darley, H.C.H., Gray, G.R., 2011. Composition and properties of drilling and composition fluids.6th ed. Gulf Publishing Company, Houstan, Texas, pp. 331, 363-365;. [3] Lima, O.A.L.D., and Niwas, S., 200. Estimation of hydraulic parameters of shaly sandstone aquifers from geoelectrical measurements. Journal of Hydrology. Volume 235, Issues 1–2, 22 August 2000, Pages 12–26. [4] Ghassemi, A., and Diek., 2003. Linear chemo- poroelasticity for swelling shales:theory and application.
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BIOGRAPHIES Dr. Vikas Mahto, presently serving as Associate Professor, has joined Petroleum Engineering Department of Indian School of Mines Dhanbad in 2004 as Lecturer after completing his Ph.D. Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the same institute. He has fifty publications in the different national/international journals & conferences of repute. He has completed three research projects sponsored by UGC-ISM, UGC New Delhi and CSIR New Delhi. He is currently involved in the several works in the area of Drilling Fluid Design and Analysis, Application of nanoparticles and nanofluids in different oilfield operations, Water shut off jobs and Conformance Control, Flow Assurance Problems in the oilfields, EOR Techniques and Artificial Lift Techniques. He is Associate Editor of IST Transactions of Environmental Systems- Theory and Applications and International Journal of Chemical Research. He is reviewer of many international journals like Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Petroleum Science and Technology, Applied Clay Science, Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Petroleum Engineering, Scientific Journals International, Chemical and Bioengineering, Advances in Sustainable Petroleum Engineering Science etc. and member of many International Boards like International Journal of Petroleum Engineering, Scientific Journals International etc. Received Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Tehcnology (RGIPT), Raebareli in the year 2012. Pursuing PhD degree in Department of Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Research interests include designing of different non- damaging drilling fluid systems for sensitive formations, incorporation of nanotechnology in designing of drilling fluid systems.