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Filtration and standardized properties of Jebel Om El Khecheb clay (Tunisia) and Wyoming bentonite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

S. Laribi ,
J.-M. Fleureau  and
N. Kbir-Ariguib
S. Laribi
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique, Ecole Centrale Paris et CNRS UMR 8579, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, France
J.-M. Fleureau*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique, Ecole Centrale Paris et CNRS UMR 8579, Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, France
N. Kbir-Ariguib
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, BP95, 2050 Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
*
*E-mail: jean-marie.fleureau@ecp.fr
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Abstract

The rheological and filtration properties of a Tunisian clay are presented and compared with those of Wyoming bentonite. The study was part of an evauation of Tunisian mining resources in general, and of the bentonitic deposits in particular. Qualitatively, the two clays exhibit the same rheological and filtration behaviour but quantitatively the properties of purified Wyoming bentonite are distinctly better at the same concentration. The difference can be related to the mineralogical structure and the presence of 13% illite in the Tunisian clay. Standard tests show that the rheological behaviour of the purified Tunisian clay is close to that of the raw Wyoming bentonite and conform to the American Petroluem Institute (A.P.I.) standards for medium-depth drilling formulations.

Keywords

smectiteillitedrilling fluidfiltrationA.P.I. standardsTunisiabentonite
Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , September 2007 , pp. 319 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2007

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