Minimizing the filtration loss of water-based drilling fluid with sustainable basil seed powder

Abstract

Filtration control is important to ensure safe and high efficient drilling. The aim of the current research is to explore the feasibility of using basil seed powders (BSPs) to reduce filtration loss in water-based drilling fluid. The effect of BSP concentration, thermal aging temperature, inorganic salts (NaCl and CaCl₂) on the filtration properties of bentonite/basil suspensions was investigated. The filtration control mechanism of BSP was probed via water absorbency test, zeta potential measurement, particle size distribution measurement, and filter cake morphologies observation by scanning electron microscope. The incorporation of BSPs into the bentonite suspension generated acceptable rheology below 1.0 w/v%. The BSPs exhibited effective filtration control after thermal aging at 120°C, but less efficiency at 150°C. After thermal aging at 120°C, the bentonite suspension containing 1.0 w/v% BSPs could resist NaCl and CaCl₂ pollution of 5.0 w/v% and 0.3 w/v% respectively. Besides general filtration control behaviors, the exceptional water retaining capability formed by numerous nanoscale 3D networks in the basil seed gum and considerable insoluble small particles in BSPs might further contribute to the filtration control. The excellent filtration properties bring basil seed a suitable and green candidate for the establishment of high-performance drilling fluids.

Keywords

Bentonite suspension / Basil seed / Filtration / Interaction / Water-based drilling fluid

Credit author statements

Hanyi Zhong: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Writing-original draft; Xin Gao: Investigation, Writing-review & editing; Xianbin Zhang: Funding acquisition; Anliang Chen: Supervision; Zhengsong Qiu: Investigation, Supervision, Project administration; Xiangzheng Kong: Investigation; Weian Huang: Funding acquisition

Declaration of competing interests

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by CNPC Innovation Foundation (2020D-5007-0310), Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51974354) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.18CX02099A).

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