The biodiesel-based flat-rheology drilling fluid system
JIANG Guancheng,SHI He,HE Yinbo
Table 11. Anti-seawater performance of biodiesel-based flat-rheology drilling fluid
Seawater
addition/
%
Rheology test
temperature/°C
Apparent
viscosity/
(mPa·s)
Plastic
viscosity/
(mPa·s)
Yield
point/
Pa
Φ6 Φ3 Initial gel
strength/
Pa
Final gel
strength/
Pa
Emulsion-
breaking
voltage/V
API
filtrate/
mL
HTHP
filtrate/
mL
5 2 53 43 16.86 10 9 4.5 5.0 1 565 1.8 8.1
30 44 26 4.09 8 7 3.5 4.5
65 23 15 3.58 8 7 3.5 4.0
10 2 64 52 20.44 14 13 6.0 7.0 974 2.2 10.3
30 49 40 15.84 19 17 5.0 6.0
65 34 27 10.22 14 13 6.0 6.0