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Nanomaterials have become so popular thanks to new and unique properties differing them from their classic counterparts. One of the nanomaterials which is commonly used nowadays is graphene and its derivatives. This paper demonstrates the results of laboratory-scale experimental works on the influence of ultra highly concentrated single-layer Graphene Oxide (HCGO) on properties of water based-mud (WBM). GO is a mono-layer of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms derivatized by a mixture of carboxyl, hydroxyl and epoxy funct...

Waste storing and managing is one of the most challenging problems of the modern economy. Previously, drilling waste did not represent a subject of the so-called waste recoverable and utilizable, for instance applicable to land reclamation. Research works on transforming properties of drilling waste and improving the recovery method aimed at reclamation are presently developed. According to the current regulations, the drilling waste can be applied to recovery processes based on utilizing the waste in question who...

The dynamic development of material and chemical engineering as well as physical analytical methods allows the use of new materials for the production of drilling muds. This is especially important because drilling works are conducted in increasingly difficult geological and technological conditions. The present analyses concentrate on the development and elaboration of recipes of drilling fluids with organophilic nanomaterials. One of the most frequently applied nanomaterials referred to in patents registered by ...

Salinity of drilling waste is a serious problem, and it is one of the biggest problems at the stage of selecting drilling waste utilization method. The high salinity of drilling waste results from a few causes, i.e. the use of drilling fluids (inorganic salts are commonly used as drilling fluids components) in the process of drilling, drilling in saline formations and also brine inflowing to the well. The investigations carried out on drilling waste has shown that their soluble salts of alkali metals in the form o...