{"id":980,"date":"2014-11-25T09:24:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altrafine.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:05:48","slug":"sesbania-gum-powder-in-oil-drilling-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altrafine.com\/blog\/sesbania-gum-powder-in-oil-drilling-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesbania Gum Powder in Oil Drilling Application"},"content":{"rendered":"

Molecular Nature of Sesbania<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The gum extracted from the sesbania\u00a0seeds<\/a><\/span> contains natural polysaccharides and the chemical construction appears similar to that of guar gum. However, gum of sesbania is insoluble in organic solvents but soluble in water. The polymer of this gum has been tested in various means to completely know its properties and it was proved to show improved performance in terms of viscosity.<\/p>\n

Consideration of Sesbania for Fluid Drill<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Drilling fluid is a combination of water, clay or mud and weighing element. The weighing materials are those that are balanced in drilling fluid to enhance the density or viscosity which in turn supports in heaving shales. The role of sesbania begins here as it is applied as one of the powerful components in the preparation of weighing material along with bentonite and water. In some cases drilling mud preparation require components with alkaline properties to make it more efficient for drilling in oil wells especially and here too sesbania works compatible when combined with alkaline. The liquid phase has to be more viscous so that it can be easily sent to the filter cake and this can be done only using high molecular weight polymers like sesbania gum.<\/p>\n

How Sesbania Gum Powder works for Oil Drill?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sesbania gum powder<\/a><\/span> has been tested to understand its potentiality when applied as a drilling fluid. It has been mainly preferred for drill applications due to higher range of viscosity than guar gum powder. Several researches were conducted to obtain the facts about efficiently making use of gum from sesbania as a drilling fluid in oil drilling with mud compositions. The reasons which initiated researchers to choose this alternative in the place of guar gum<\/a> include,<\/p>\n