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This paper investigates the possibility of employing banana peels as eco-friendly waste material to water-based drilling mud to control different properties instead of the chemical additives. Banana peels are low cost and have no practical applications. Experiments were carried out on adding banana peels powder (BPP) after its preparation with increasing concentrations to the water-based drilling mud (0 wt%, 1 wt%, 2wt%,3 wt%, 4 wt%, and 5 wt%). The rheological properties, fluid loss and density tests were carried out at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The results showed an increase in rheological parameters with an increase in BPP concentration, which led to increases in the efficacy of cleaning the well. Also, the decrease in the volume of fluid loss with the increase in the concentration of BPP, help to the protection of formations from contamination by drilling fluid. The increase in the concentration of the BPP also led to an increase in the density of drilling mud, which helps to provide sufficient hydrostatic pressure against the pressure of the formations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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