Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite

Based on the result of Geological Survey Department Malaysia investigation, the bentonite resources in Sabah is large. In order to reduce the overall cost in oilwell drilling and completion, the development of Sabah bentonite as drilling mud material has been initiated. Two groups of samples from th...

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Main Authors: Sonny Irawan, Sonny Irawan, Samsuri, Ariffin
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description Based on the result of Geological Survey Department Malaysia investigation, the bentonite resources in Sabah is large. In order to reduce the overall cost in oilwell drilling and completion, the development of Sabah bentonite as drilling mud material has been initiated. Two groups of samples from the Andrassy and Mansuli area in Sabah were tested. Mineralogically the samples were characterized as low grade Ca-Mg smectite. The dominant gangue mineral is ferrous ion with small amounts of kaolinite, quartz, illite, muscovite and hematite. Iron is present as magnetite and as amorphous oxides and hydroxides. Characterization of these samples indicated that the bentonite response for Na-exchange was poor while their hydration, plastic and rheological properties were inferior to those of commercial bentonite (WYBEN). The sample was processed by crushing followed by aero cyclone to give pre-concentrates which were extracted with diluted oxalic acid and activated with sodium carbonate. Application of such simple flow sheet effectively removed the majority of the associated ferrous ion. These concentrates were further refined by a series of organic acid and alkaline treatment prior to their evaluation as industrial bentonite. The mineralogy, chemical analysis and physical properties offinal concentrates and their activated products successfully match the required specifications for drilling mud industrial processes. Utilization of these bentonite, after their extracting and activation, can represent a value added to the Sabah economy by minimizing the imported bentonite used by oil and gas industry.
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spelling my.utm.eprints-104582020-03-17T08:02:02Z http://eprints.utm.my/10458/ Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite Sonny Irawan, Sonny Irawan Samsuri, Ariffin TP Chemical technology Based on the result of Geological Survey Department Malaysia investigation, the bentonite resources in Sabah is large. In order to reduce the overall cost in oilwell drilling and completion, the development of Sabah bentonite as drilling mud material has been initiated. Two groups of samples from the Andrassy and Mansuli area in Sabah were tested. Mineralogically the samples were characterized as low grade Ca-Mg smectite. The dominant gangue mineral is ferrous ion with small amounts of kaolinite, quartz, illite, muscovite and hematite. Iron is present as magnetite and as amorphous oxides and hydroxides. Characterization of these samples indicated that the bentonite response for Na-exchange was poor while their hydration, plastic and rheological properties were inferior to those of commercial bentonite (WYBEN). The sample was processed by crushing followed by aero cyclone to give pre-concentrates which were extracted with diluted oxalic acid and activated with sodium carbonate. Application of such simple flow sheet effectively removed the majority of the associated ferrous ion. These concentrates were further refined by a series of organic acid and alkaline treatment prior to their evaluation as industrial bentonite. The mineralogy, chemical analysis and physical properties offinal concentrates and their activated products successfully match the required specifications for drilling mud industrial processes. Utilization of these bentonite, after their extracting and activation, can represent a value added to the Sabah economy by minimizing the imported bentonite used by oil and gas industry. 2007-09 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/10458/1/AriffinSamsuri2007_DrillingMudMaterialCostSavingThrough.pdf Sonny Irawan, Sonny Irawan and Samsuri, Ariffin (2007) Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite. In: Proceedings of SIMPOMIN 2007 (Mineral Symposium 2007), 4-6th September 2007, Orient Star Resort, Lumut, Perak. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:102940
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Sonny Irawan, Sonny Irawan
Samsuri, Ariffin
Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite
title Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite
title_full Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite
title_fullStr Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite
title_full_unstemmed Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite
title_short Drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite
title_sort drilling mud material cost saving through utilization of treated malaysian local bentonite
topic TP Chemical technology
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