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Novel Formulation of Environmentally Friendly Oil Based Drilling Mud

Adesina Fadairo, Olugbenga Falode, C. T. Ako, Abiodun Adeyemi, Anthony Ameloko

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The term drilling fluids or drilling muds generally applies to fluids used to help maintain well control and remove drill cuttings (rock fragments from underground geological formations) from holes drilled in the earth. Drilling fluids are fluids used in petroleum drilling operations. These fluids are a mixture of clays, chemicals, water, oils. These fluids are used in a borehole during drilling operations for1:

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Key concepts: Drilling fluid, Drill cuttings, Petroleum engineering, Drilling, Borehole, Mud logging, Geology, Drill