Abstract

Mud shale hydration and swelling are major challenges in the development of water-based drilling fluids (WBDFs). In this work, the inhibition performance and inhibition mechanism of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and potassium chloride (KCl) were investigated by hot rolling recovery tests, linear swell tests, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, atomic absorption spectrophotometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The experimental results show that the combination of PEG and KCl achieved higher recovery and lower linear swelling rate than those obtained by individual PEG or KCl. Compared to the d-spacing of Na-montmorillonite (Na-Mt) with PEG or KCl, the d-spacing of Na-Mt with PEG+KCl was lower, which indicates that KCl and PEG have synergistic inhibition effect. This synergistic effect can replace sodium ions and water molecules from the interlayer space of Na-Mt and decrease the d-spacing of Na-Mt. Based on the above experimental results and analysis, a method for optimizing PEG and KCl concentrations was proposed and further verified by rheological and hot rolling recovery tests of WBDFs. Hence, the results of this work can provide valuable theoretical guidance for developing other synergistic inhibitors.

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Title
Synergistic inhibition of polyethylene glycol and potassium chloride in water-based drilling fluids
Author
Dan-Chao, Huang 1 ; Xie, Gang 2 ; Ni-Yuan, Peng 3 ; Jian-Guo, Zou 3 ; Xu, Yao 3 ; Ming-Yi, Deng 2 ; Wei-Chao, Du 4 ; Yu-Rong, Xiao 2 ; Jin-Jun, Huang 2 ; Luo Ping-Ya 2 

 Southwest Petroleum University, State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu, China (GRID:grid.437806.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0644 5828); Southwest Petroleum University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chengdu, China (GRID:grid.437806.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0644 5828) 
 Southwest Petroleum University, State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu, China (GRID:grid.437806.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0644 5828) 
 Southwest Petroleum University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chengdu, China (GRID:grid.437806.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0644 5828) 
 Southwest Petroleum University, State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu, China (GRID:grid.437806.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0644 5828); Xi’an Shiyou University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an, China (GRID:grid.440727.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 0608 387X) 
Pages
827-838
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Jun 2021
Publisher
KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd
ISSN
16725107
e-ISSN
19958226
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2544321367
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.