Evaluation of physical and chemical properties of clay in the municipality of boa vista – pb
International Journal of Development Research
Evaluation of physical and chemical properties of clay in the municipality of boa vista – pb
Received 20th September, 2021; Received in revised form 11th October, 2021; Accepted 06th November, 2021; Published online 28th December, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Dr. Shailendra Mohan Singh. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In the face of the increasing advance of the oil sector, it is necessary to develop fluids that have ideal properties for drilling oil wells. Due to their properties, bentonite clays have been standing out in this area. More than 79% of these clays are found in deposits in the State of Paraíba, mainly in the municipality of Boa Vista.This work aims at the use of bentonite clay in the municipality of Boa Vista - PB, called Chocolate. Clay was characterized by particle size analysis by laser diffraction (GA), chemical analysis by X-ray fluorescence (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results showed that the studied clay presented rheological and filtration properties for use in water-based drilling fluids, according to the standards required by Petrobras.
