Evaluation of economic viability of beneficiated barite from deposits in north-eastern Nigeria for use as weighing agent in drilling mud formulation

Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences
A.S. Arabi , S. Baba , M.Y. Kwaya , B.M. Sarki-Yandoka , S. Bilal , S. Kasidi , A.Y. Lawan , T. Muhammad , A.J. Alhassan , S. David
{"title":"Evaluation of economic viability of beneficiated barite from deposits in north-eastern Nigeria for use as weighing agent in drilling mud formulation","authors":"A.S. Arabi ,&nbsp;S. Baba ,&nbsp;M.Y. Kwaya ,&nbsp;B.M. Sarki-Yandoka ,&nbsp;S. Bilal ,&nbsp;S. Kasidi ,&nbsp;A.Y. Lawan ,&nbsp;T. Muhammad ,&nbsp;A.J. Alhassan ,&nbsp;S. David","doi":"10.1016/j.ejpe.2023.02.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Exploitable deposits of barite exist in northeastern Nigeria but are not harnessed because their qualities are not to a standard required for drilling mud formulation. The work presented here is a preliminary result obtained from the beneficiation of barite samples from these deposits with the aim of attaining a level that can be used in drilling mud formulation. Results of elemental, mineralogical, and mud densities, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and filtration loss were obtained using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and other API 13B-1 recommended measurements before and after beneficiation. Barium composition of raw and laboratory-treated samples (GMB, IBI, BOK, DUM, and GAM) in percentage (%) are 50.5 ± 0.2, 55.6 ± 0.2, 57.9 ± 0.2, 57.6 ± 0.2, 0.097 ± 0.004, and 54.6 ± 0.2, 58.3 ± 0.2, 56.3 ± 0.2, 52.4 ± 0.2, 0.0845 ± 0.007, respectively while major impurity (Fe) is highest (1.52 ± 0.01) in sample GAM and lowest (0.025 ± 0.002) in sample DUM. The densities (g/m<sup>3</sup>) obtained after preliminary beneficiation increased to 3.89, 3.39, 4.28, 4.32, and 2.56 for samples GMB, IBI, BOK, DUM, and GAM, respectively. Filtration loss of 5 % W/V barite-mud formulation reported 12.2 ± 1.4 and 4.95 ± 1.7% more loss than two API-13A grade barite. The filtration loss reverses at 10 % W/V barite-mud formulation, with test barite reporting on average 3.22 and 1.15% improved filtration control against the API-13A barites. Mud formulation with loss additives reported significant filtration control with 23.6, 23.6 and 8.54% improvement over API 13A grade for beneficiated BOK, DUM and IBI samples. Similarly, the same formulated samples reported identical CEC values against API-Helicon and improved values against API-1 at 4.67, 7.29 and 4.67% respectively. Even at this stage BOK, DUM and IBI were improved to level that can be used in drilling mud formulation with samples DUM and BOK having the best potential (low impurity and high density). These results show that barite deposits from north-eastern Nigeria have great economic potential.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11625,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Petroleum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Egyptian Journal of Petroleum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062123000053","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Earth and Planetary Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1

Abstract

Exploitable deposits of barite exist in northeastern Nigeria but are not harnessed because their qualities are not to a standard required for drilling mud formulation. The work presented here is a preliminary result obtained from the beneficiation of barite samples from these deposits with the aim of attaining a level that can be used in drilling mud formulation. Results of elemental, mineralogical, and mud densities, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and filtration loss were obtained using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and other API 13B-1 recommended measurements before and after beneficiation. Barium composition of raw and laboratory-treated samples (GMB, IBI, BOK, DUM, and GAM) in percentage (%) are 50.5 ± 0.2, 55.6 ± 0.2, 57.9 ± 0.2, 57.6 ± 0.2, 0.097 ± 0.004, and 54.6 ± 0.2, 58.3 ± 0.2, 56.3 ± 0.2, 52.4 ± 0.2, 0.0845 ± 0.007, respectively while major impurity (Fe) is highest (1.52 ± 0.01) in sample GAM and lowest (0.025 ± 0.002) in sample DUM. The densities (g/m3) obtained after preliminary beneficiation increased to 3.89, 3.39, 4.28, 4.32, and 2.56 for samples GMB, IBI, BOK, DUM, and GAM, respectively. Filtration loss of 5 % W/V barite-mud formulation reported 12.2 ± 1.4 and 4.95 ± 1.7% more loss than two API-13A grade barite. The filtration loss reverses at 10 % W/V barite-mud formulation, with test barite reporting on average 3.22 and 1.15% improved filtration control against the API-13A barites. Mud formulation with loss additives reported significant filtration control with 23.6, 23.6 and 8.54% improvement over API 13A grade for beneficiated BOK, DUM and IBI samples. Similarly, the same formulated samples reported identical CEC values against API-Helicon and improved values against API-1 at 4.67, 7.29 and 4.67% respectively. Even at this stage BOK, DUM and IBI were improved to level that can be used in drilling mud formulation with samples DUM and BOK having the best potential (low impurity and high density). These results show that barite deposits from north-eastern Nigeria have great economic potential.

尼日利亚东北部矿床的重晶石选矿在钻井泥浆配方中用作称重剂的经济可行性评价
尼日利亚东北部存在可开采的重晶石矿床,但由于其质量未达到钻井泥浆配制所需的标准而未加以利用。这里介绍的工作是对这些矿床的重晶石样品进行选矿的初步结果,目的是达到可用于钻井泥浆配方的水平。通过仪器中子活化分析(INAA)、x射线衍射(XRD)和其他API 13B-1推荐的测量方法,获得了选矿前后的元素、矿物学和泥浆密度、阳离子交换容量(CEC)和过滤损失的结果。原料和实验室处理样品(GMB、IBI、BOK、DUM和GAM)的钡组成百分比(%)分别为50.5±0.2、55.6±0.2、57.9±0.2、57.6±0.2、0.097±0.004和54.6±0.2、58.3±0.2、56.3±0.2、52.4±0.2、0.0845±0.007,主要杂质(Fe)在GAM样品中最高(1.52±0.01),在DUM样品中最低(0.025±0.002)。初步选矿后,GMB、IBI、BOK、DUM和GAM的密度分别为3.89、3.39、4.28、4.32和2.56。5% W/V重晶石泥浆配方的过滤损失比两种API-13A级重晶石分别高出12.2±1.4和4.95±1.7%。在10% W/V的重晶石泥浆配方中,过滤损失发生逆转,测试重晶石报告的平均过滤损失为3.22,对API-13A重晶石的过滤控制改善了1.15%。添加损失添加剂的泥浆配方对BOK、DUM和IBI的过滤控制效果显著,分别比API 13A等级提高23.6%、23.6%和8.54%。同样,相同配方的样品对API-Helicon的CEC值相同,对API-1的CEC值分别为4.67、7.29和4.67%。即使在这个阶段,BOK、DUM和IBI也得到了改善,可以用于钻井泥浆配方,其中样品DUM和BOK具有最佳潜力(低杂质和高密度)。这些结果表明,尼日利亚东北部重晶石矿床具有巨大的经济潜力。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geochemistry and Petrology
CiteScore
7.70
自引率
0.00%
发文量
29
审稿时长
84 days
期刊介绍: Egyptian Journal of Petroleum is addressed to the fields of crude oil, natural gas, energy and related subjects. Its objective is to serve as a forum for research and development covering the following areas: • Sedimentation and petroleum exploration. • Production. • Analysis and testing. • Chemistry and technology of petroleum and natural gas. • Refining and processing. • Catalysis. • Applications and petrochemicals. It also publishes original research papers and reviews in areas relating to synthetic fuels and lubricants - pollution - corrosion - alternate sources of energy - gasification, liquefaction and geology of coal - tar sands and oil shale - biomass as a source of renewable energy. To meet with these requirements the Egyptian Journal of Petroleum welcomes manuscripts and review papers reporting on the state-of-the-art in the aforementioned topics. The Egyptian Journal of Petroleum is also willing to publish the proceedings of petroleum and energy related conferences in a single volume form.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信