Abstract. The Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) program addresses new low-impact technology that reduces the footprint of drilling activities, integrates light weight drilling rigs with reduced emission engine packages, addresses on-site waste management, optimizes the systems to fit the needs of a specific development sites …
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2.1 Foreign research progress. In recent years, international oilfield service companies have carried out a series of research on environmentally-friendly high-performance water-based drilling fluids with the goals of reducing drilling fluid toxicity, reducing drilling fluid pollution, and improving the high-temperature resistance of …
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Burnett, from the environmentally-friendly drilling program at Texas A&M, said his group has been trying, so far unsuccessfully, to get Jadela's data on its propane gas well.
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Here are a few of the efforts to make fracking greener: Water-Free Fracking: GasFrac's fracking system, which uses a gelled fluid containing propane, has other advantages besides eliminating the ...
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At present, some vinyl copolymer drilling fluid reducing agents are nontoxic and environmentally friendly [31,32], but are easily (partially) degraded under high-temperature conditions [33, 34 ...
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For the environment friendly drilling fluid, the advantage of on-site processing can not only save much transportation expenses, but also simplify the en- vironmental management of waste drilling fluid. 4 Conclusions An environment friendly drilling fluid system was devel- oped and its basic formula is 4%bentonite …
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The Herschel–Bulkley rheological parameters of an environmentally friendly drilling fluid formulated based on an Algerian bentonite and two polymers—hydroxyethyl cellulose and polyethylene glycol—have been optimized using a genetic algorithm. The effect of hydroxyethyl cellulose, temperature, pH and sodium …
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1. Log in. Click Start Free Trial and create a profile if necessary. 2. Prepare a file. Use the Add New button. Then upload your file to the system from your device, importing it from internal mail, the cloud, or by adding its URL. 3. Edit …
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These concerns have redirected the drilling industry toward the utilization and exploration of eco-friendly drilling fluids. WBMs are considered inexpensive and environmentally friendly drilling fluids [16, 21, 22]. Nevertheless, WBMs encounter instability issues in shale formation or under extreme wellbore conditions, and they lack …
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The non -damaging. drilling fluid (NDDF) is a clay and barite free polymer mud system mostly used in a. pay zone section to avoid formation damage and to keep pay zone or reservoir intact. • The ...
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Summary. The increasingly severe wellbore instability problem and the intensified environmental requirements necessitate the development of high-performance and environmentally friendly plugging materials for drilling fluid. In this work, a novel core-shell nanocomposite (PDSA) with nano-silica (nano-SiO2) as the rigid core and …
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• Report "Documenting Advanced Drilling Technology – Low Impact Rigs" • Presented paper with Huisman on test results at 2011 AADE conference (AADE-11-NTCE-61) The Impact of Rig Design and Drilling Methods on the Environmental Impact of Drilling Operations • Facilitated sponsor tours of eco -friendly drilling rigs: • Huisman LOC 400
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Integrated approach for the optimal selection of environmentally friendly drilling systems. Ok-youn Yu ...
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The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) is collaborating with Texas A&M University and TerraPlatforms to manage the Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems (EFD) program, which combines new low-impact technologies that reduce the footprint …
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Xanthan gum is commonly used in drilling fluids to provide viscosity, solid suspension, and fluid-loss control. However, it is sensitive to high temperatures and not tolerant of field contaminants. This paper presents an experimental study on the effects of an eco-friendly biopolymer (diutan gum) on xanthan gum (XC) in a water-based …
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Citation Information. Burnett, David, "SLIDES: The Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program" (2010). Opportunities and Obstacles to Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Natural Gas Development in Uintah Basin (October 14).
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The recent priority of any drilling program considers the development of environmentally-friendly drilling fluids so that the ecology is preserved to its maximum level. This article proposes three naturally occurring materials—date seeds, powdered grass, and grass ash as possible additives in the drilling mud system.
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Core Competencies Computational Science and Engineering Energy Conversion Engineering Geological and Environmental Systems Materials Engineering and Manufacturing Strategic Systems Analysis and Engineering ... The Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program. Project Number. 08122-35. Current Status. For …
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This effective, versatile, and environmentally-friendly fracturing fluid technology represents a significant advancement compared to industrially available fracturing fluids for cost-effective and competitive geothermal energy production. ... Recent advances in hydraulic fracturing techniques and horizontal drilling represent a key …
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Abstract. Considering the increasing environmental pressure, environmentally friendly and high-performance water-based drilling fluids (WBDFs) …
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The Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) Program provides unbiased science to identify and demonstrate technologies and practices designed to address environmental and societal issues.
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6 Stakeholder engagement. Finally, one of the most effective ways to make drilling operations safer and more environmentally friendly is to engage with the stakeholders, such as the regulators ...
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Non-governmental and governmental agencies are demanding for environmentally friendly mud systems. This increase in environmental awareness has made the drilling mud service companies to re-evaluate some of the chemicals and materials used as additives for mud systems. In this study, some green materials were …
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Green Fracking? 5 Technologies for Cleaner Shale Energy. As U.S. oil and gas production from fracking grows, new technologies aim to curb water and chemical …
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WBDFs are most commonly used in drilling shale formation because these mud systems are relatively economical and are environmentally friendly Sadeghalvaad 2015; Tehrani et al. 2009). On the other ...
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In this paper, a new environmental-friendly drilling fluid system in offshore gas hydrate formations has been developed by optimizing the additives. The comprehensive evaluation shows that the freezing point of the drilling fluid can reach -10 °C, and it still has good rheological properties at 4 °C. The apparent viscosity ratio of the ...
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To sum it up, an environmentally friendly filtration material was fabricated from Grass. The material is biodegradable fine fibrous and non-toxic. The Grass is widely available everywhere and super-easy to collect and prepare to be an alternative eco-friendly additive for the drilling mud. Thus, it is an excellent material for further ...
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DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(11)60040-2 Corpus ID: 128424969; An environment friendly drilling fluid system @article{Shuixiang2011AnEF, title={An environment friendly drilling fluid system}, author={Xie Shui-xiang and Jiang Guancheng and Chen Mian and Deng Hao and Liu Guangquan and Xu Yu and Wang Jianhua and Q. X. Kang}, journal={Petroleum …
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