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Performance Analysis of a Profile Control Agent for Waste Drilling Fluid Treatment

Xueyu Zhao^*

Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430000, China

* Corresponding Author: Xueyu Zhao. Email:

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Advances in Oil and Gas Well Fluid Mechanics)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2023, 19(7), 1897-1905. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2023.025247

Received 30 June 2022; Accepted 25 October 2022; Issue published 08 March 2023

Abstract

A method for the treatment of hazardous waste drilling fluids, potentially leading to environmental pollution, is considered. The waste drilling fluid is treated with an inorganic flocculant, an organic flocculant, and a pH regulator. The profile control agent consists of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide, formaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine, resorcinol, phenol, and the treated waste drilling fluid itself. For a waste drilling fluid concentration of 2500 mg/L, the gelling time of the profile control agent is 25 h, and the gelling strength is 32,000 mPa.s. Compared with the profile control agent prepared by recirculated water under the same conditions, the present profile control agent displays better stability, salt-resistance, and performance.

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