Investigating almond seed oil as potential biodiesel-based drilling mud

• Main Authors: Oseh, Jeffrey O., Mohd. Norddin, M. N. A., Ismail, Issham, Ismail, Abdul R., Gbadamosi, Afeez O., Agi, Augustine, Ogiriki, Shadrach O.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89162/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106201
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

With increasing strict environmental laws, there is a need for operators to design a benign oil-based muds (OBMs). In this study, oil extracted from non-edible sweet almond seed (SASO) was used as the continuous phase to formulate biodiesel-based drilling mud (BBDM). Different properties of the BBDM...