IN SITU GENERATION OF NANO-CLAY DRILLING FLUID

• Main Authors: WAGLE, Vikrant Bhavanishankar, ALMASSI, Faramak, BUBSHAIT, Abdulaziz S, AL SAFRAN, Ali Mohammed Hussain, AL-YAMI, Abdullah Saleh Hussain, ALABDULLATIF, Ziad Abdullrahman Saleh
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.01.2019
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; DYES; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; POLISHES

A method includes adding a clay to water to form a suspension of clay in water, the clay including pieces of clay having an average diameter of at least 2 μm; adding a dispersant to the suspension of clay in water to form a drilling fluid; and injecting the drilling fluid into a well. In the drillin...