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. 2018 Mar 22;8(21):11424–11435. doi: 10.1039/c7ra13255g

Drilling fluid properties containing different filtrate loss reducers before and after the aging process.

Test samples AV (mPa s) PV (mPa s) YP (Pa) FLAPI (mL)
Before aging After aging Before aging After aging Before aging After aging Before aging After aging
1 wt% comb-shaped copolymera 17.0 12.5 12 9 5.0 3.5 7.8 9.4
1 wt% NS-1a 16.5 13.0 11 9 4.5 4.0 9.4 19.2
0.4 wt% PACa 26.5 20.5 21 18 5.5 3.0 10.8 17.4
3% SMPb 5.5 7.5 5 6 0.5 1.5 23 45.0
3% SMCb 8.5 5.5 7 4.5 2.5 1.0 16.8 30.0
3% SMP + 3% SMCa 9.5 28.0 8 20 1.5 13.0 4.2 7.4
a

200 °C aging process.

b

120 °C aging process.