Date Tree Waste-Based Trinary Fibrous Mix for Moderate to Severe Loss Control
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorMd Amanullah
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Abstract
A date tree fiber mix lost circulation material (LCM) is provided that includes a trinary mix of fibers produced from date trees. The date tree fiber mix LCM may include date tree trunk fibers produced from date tree trunks, date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers produced from date tree leaves and leaf stems, and date tree panicle fibers produced from date tree panicles. The LCM include a mix of 30% by weight date tree trunk fibers, 30% date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers, and 40% by weight date tree panicle fibers. Methods of lost circulation control using and manufacture of a date tree fiber mix LCM are also provided
Claims19
An altered drilling fluid, comprising:
- a drilling fluid;
- and
- a lost circulation material (LCM), wherein the LCM comprises:
- a first plurality of fibers produced from date tree trunks;
- and
- a second plurality of fibers produced from at least one of date tree leaves and date tree leaf stems;
- and
- a third plurality of fibers produced from date tree panicles.
A lost circulation material (LCM) composition, the composition comprising:
- a first plurality of fibers produced from date tree trunks;
- a second plurality of fibers produced from at least one of date tree leaves and date tree leaf stems;
- and
- a third plurality of fibers produced from date tree panicles.
A method of forming a lost circulation material (LCM), comprising:
- grinding date tree trunks to produce a first plurality of fibers;
- grinding date tree leaves, leaf stems, or a combination thereof to produce a second plurality of fibers;
- grinding date tree panicles to produce a third plurality of fibers;
- and
- mixing a first amount of the first plurality of fibers, a second amount of the second plurality of fibers, and a third amount of the third plurality of fibers to form the LCM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.