Research Article

Oil-Based Drilling Fluid Plugging Method for Strengthening Wellbore Stability of Shale Gas

Table 5

Experimental results of emulsifying agent optimization.

SystemConditionAV
(mPa·s)
PV
(mPa·s)
YP
(Pa)
Gel10/Gel10
(Pa/Pa)
FLAPI
(mL)
Demulsification voltage (V)

Base slurry 1Before aging4.540.50.51/1.0250.02047
After aging4310.51/1.0230.0
EM-SLBefore aging761013.01101
After aging12931.53/1.5310.0
EM-JHBefore aging862017.01012
After aging12932.04/2.5613.0
EM-XGBefore aging5.550.5022.4990
After aging12931.53/1.5318.0