Research Article
A Comparative Study of Diesel Oil and Soybean Oil as Oil-Based Drilling Mud
Table 9
Previous works (Adesina et al. [
8,
9]) mud properties.
| Mud properties | Diesel oil | Canola oil | Jatropha oil | Algae oil | Moringa oil |
| Density, lb/gal | 8.26 | 8.47 | 8.32 | 7.81 | 8.30 | pH | 8.00 | 9.50 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Rheological properties | Plastic viscosity, cP | 13.0 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | Apparent viscosity, cP | 92.5 | 64.0 | 77.0 | 61.0 | 84.5 | Yield point, lb/100 ft2 | 155 | 112 | 112 | 106 | 147 | Gel strength, lb/100 ft2 | 50/51 | 60/72 | 54/55 | 52/43 | 52/53 |
| Filtration property | Total fluid volume, mL | 6.90 | 6.00 | 6.30 | 6.20 | 7.20 | Oil volume, mL | 2.30 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 2.50 | Water volume, mL | 4.60 | 5.00 | 5.20 | 5.10 | 4.70 | Cake thickness, mm | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.90 |
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Source: Adesina et al., 2012 [8, 9].
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