Polymer mud:

Terms Related to Polymer mud

• Polymer

  A substance that consists of large molecules formed from smaller molecules in repeating structural units (monomers). In oilfield operations, various types of polymers are used ...

• Micellar-polymer flooding

  A method of improved oil recovery in which chemicals dissolved in water are pumped into a reservoir through injection wells to mobilize off left behind ...

• Sodium polyacrylate

  A synthetic high-molecular-weight polymer of acrylonitrile used primarily as a fluid loss control agent

• Surfactant

  A soluble compound that concentrates on the surface boundary between two substances such as oil and water and reduces the surface tension between the substances. ...

• Clay extender

  Any of several substances--usually organic compounds of high molecular weight--that, when added in low concentrations to a bentonite or to certain other clay slurries, will ...

• Thinning agent

  A chemical or combination of chemicals that, when added to a drilling mud, reduces its viscosity.

• Gel strength

  A measure of the ability of a colloidal dispersion to develop and retain a gel form, based on its resistance to shear. The gel, or ...