Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving

Based on the result of Geological Survey Department Malaysia investigation, the bentonite resource in Sabah is huge. Inorder to reduce the overall cost in oilwell drilling and completion, the development of Sabah bentonite as drilling mud material has been initiated. Mineralogically of the samples w...

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Main Authors: Irawan, Sonny, Samsuri, Ariffin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/3440/1/SKMBT_60007052214420.pdf
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description Based on the result of Geological Survey Department Malaysia investigation, the bentonite resource in Sabah is huge. Inorder to reduce the overall cost in oilwell drilling and completion, the development of Sabah bentonite as drilling mud material has been initiated. Mineralogically of the samples were characterized as low grade Ca-Mg smectite. The dominant gangue mineral is ferrous 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 hydrocarbon, plastic and rheological properties were inferior to those of reference bentonite. The sample was prossed by crushing followed by aero cyclone to optimum produced pre-concentrates, which were extracted with diluted oxalic acid. 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 prior to their evaluation as industrial bentonite. The mineralogy, chemical and physical properties analysis of final concentrates successfully match the required specifications for drilling mud material. Utilization of this bentonite, after extracting, can represent a value added to the Malaysian economy by minimizing the imported bentonite used by oil and gas industry.
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spelling utm.eprints-34402017-08-29T06:43:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/3440/ Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving Irawan, Sonny Samsuri, Ariffin QE Geology TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy Based on the result of Geological Survey Department Malaysia investigation, the bentonite resource in Sabah is huge. Inorder to reduce the overall cost in oilwell drilling and completion, the development of Sabah bentonite as drilling mud material has been initiated. Mineralogically of the samples were characterized as low grade Ca-Mg smectite. The dominant gangue mineral is ferrous 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 hydrocarbon, plastic and rheological properties were inferior to those of reference bentonite. The sample was prossed by crushing followed by aero cyclone to optimum produced pre-concentrates, which were extracted with diluted oxalic acid. 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 prior to their evaluation as industrial bentonite. The mineralogy, chemical and physical properties analysis of final concentrates successfully match the required specifications for drilling mud material. Utilization of this bentonite, after extracting, can represent a value added to the Malaysian economy by minimizing the imported bentonite used by oil and gas industry. 2006-09-19 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/3440/1/SKMBT_60007052214420.pdf Irawan, Sonny and Samsuri, Ariffin (2006) Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving. In: ISME-IX (9th. International Symposium on Mineral Exploration), 19 - 21 September 2006, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia.
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Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving
title Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving
title_full Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving
title_fullStr Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving
title_short Utilization of treated Malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving
title_sort utilization of treated malaysian local bentonite for drilling mud material cost saving
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