Research Article

Effect of Nitric Acid on the Low Fluorescing Performance of Drilling Fluid Lubricant Based Animal and Vegetable Oils

Table 4

Foaming rate of E167 at different conditions.

SampleExperimental conditionFoaming rate (%)

Distilled water + 0.5% X-E167Room temperature3.3
Fresh water mud + 1.0% X-E167Room temperature6.7
Fresh water mud + 1.0% X-E167Thermal ageing 120°C × 16 h5.0
Fresh water mud + 1.0% X-E167Thermal ageing 150°C × 16 h43.3

Fresh water mud is mixed with 3.7% bentonite and distilled water (Chifeng Tianyu), pH = 9, AV = 8-9 mPa·s.