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Low temperature green nano-composite vegetable-gum drilling fluid

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Drilling in alpine ecological fragile areas for the energy and mineral exploration needs superior low temperature drilling fluids with the required environmental protection of the ecosystem and a high efficiency of core drilling. To meet this demand, a comprehensive study on the appropriate material sourcing, lab measured properties and mechanism analysis of a new drilling fluid suitable for such areas was conducted by a systematic method of theoretical analysis, experimental work and a verifying field test. As a result, a new low temperature vegetable gum drilling fluid (NCKL) was developed by mixing with kuli vegetable gum, antifreeze potassium formate, nano silica, polymer synergist, and inorganic treatment agent. Lab test results showed that NCKL had an easy preparation, good low temperature rheology, viscoelasticity, anti-collapse property, and exceeding environmental protection level requirement (as per LC50 test). An analysis of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to investigate the microscopic features of NCKL, which led to a low temperature mechanism explanation. Finally a successful field test demonstrated that NCKL provided a new potential solution for a better core drilling in complex strata of alpine ecological fragile areas.

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This paper has been supported by National Natural Science of China (Grant nos. 51204027, 41672362) and the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (Grant no. SKLGP2017Z011).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, Sichuan, China

    Sheng Wang, Zhihong Shu, Liyi Chen & Liming Jian

  2. Bazhong Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources, Sichuan, 636063, China

    Peng Yan

  3. Sichuan Province Jinhe Geology & Exploration Co., Ltd, Chengdu, 610052, China

    Bo Li

  4. Sichuan Shu Tong Geotechnical Engineering Company, Chengdu, 610000, China

    Chaopeng Yuan

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Wang, S., Shu, Z., Chen, L. et al. Low temperature green nano-composite vegetable-gum drilling fluid. Appl Nanosci 9, 1579–1591 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01033-1

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