Scleroglucan biopolymer enhances WMB performances
Conference
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OSTI ID:457288
- and others
Xanthan Gum is the most popular biopolymer used today to provide hole cleaning and suspension capabilities to water based drilling fluids but it presents some limitations as regards temperature sensitivity and tolerance to field contaminants. In this paper a Scleroglucan is proposed as a better alternative to Xanthan Gum for drilling fluid compositions. Superior benefits offered by Scleroglucan on hole cleaning, rate of penetration, temperature sensitivity and mud tolerance to shale have been demonstrated by successful field applications and by extensive laboratory studies.
- OSTI ID:
- 457288
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961003--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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