SPE Drilling Engineering · 1988 · 100 citations · 0 references
EngineeringChemical EngineeringPetroleum EngineeringDrillingDrilling EngineeringFormation EvaluationDrilling FluidsDrilling HydraulicsDrilling OperationsBase Oil ChemistryCo2 Solubility In OilDrilling Fluid PropertiesEmpirical PredictionGas SolubilityNatural GasOil-based Drilling FluidsSolubility
Summary Experimental data are provided for the solubility of C1, C2, CO2, and a natural gas mixture in base oils and emulsifiers used to prepare oil-based drilling fluids over a range of temperatures. In addition, an empirical correlation for predicting gas solubility in oil-based drilling fluids at low to moderate pressures is presented and a field application is outlined.