EFFECTS OF SORGHUM ADDITION ON THE PROPERTIES OF WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS

This research paper covers the effect of powder corn stalks (“Sorghum”) in improving the properties of the drilling fluid (apparent viscosity, Plastic viscosity, yield point, Gel Strength and Filtration loss) with water base drilling fluid; which consists of water, the substance Bentonite and PAC level. Five samples were prepared from the drilling fluid using five proportional weights of the Sorghum powdered material Several laboratory experiments were conducted by changing temperatures between 30 ° -100 ° C at a constant high pressure (6.9Mpa).The results that were obtained showed that the properties of the drilling fluid will be at its optimum stability when percentage 0.57% and 2.78% of powdered Sorghum is used