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A Cationic Polymeric Alcohol Anti-Sloughing Agent and its Mechanisms 　　 Abstract 　　A cationic polymeric alcohol anti-sloughing agent YPVA with well anti-sloughing function and lower side effect of increasing viscosity was developed through modifying the polymeric alcohol （PVA）. Degrade PVA firstly， then make the degraded PVA have action groups. It was proved that the modified PVA has ortho-nitrogen radicals by molecular structure analysis through infrared spectrum. Then the anti-sloughing mechanisms of YPVA were investigated deeply through experiments such as rolling and dispersing recovery， zeta potential and particle size distribution measuring， adsorption and pressure transmission. The anti-sloughing mechanisms are mainly as follows： prevent mud shale particles to hydrate and disperse by adsorbing and coating； holdback mud shale particles to hydrate through altering their surface charge and compressing their diffused double layer after adsorbing on them； pressure and block filtrate transfer through forming film and covering on the surface of slits and pores after adsorbing on the surface of rock in the stratum. 　　Key words： Borehole wall stability； Shale； Cationic polymeric alcohol； Modification； Anti-sloughing mechanisms 　　 INTRODUCTION 　　Wellbore instability is a very complex technical problem frequently encountered in the drilling project[1～2]. Over the past years， either focused on rock mechanics analysis， or development of new anti-sloughing agents and drilling fluid systems for shale hydration inhibition， researchers had undertaken extensive research on the wellbore stability problems and made a series of achievement[3～5]. At present， the existing anti-sloughing agents include inorganic salts， polymers， bitumen， lignite and other low molecular weight organic compounds and so on. Among them， asphalt agent for blocking and anti-sloughing is the most effective， but not be able to be applied in the exploratory well for its high fluorescence level[6]. T