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US 8,673,825 B2Granted
Drilling fluid additive with low freezing point
AssigneeMudmasters Group, LLC
InventorsJerry Rayborn, Sr., Dan M. DeLaRosa
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Abstract
A drilling fluid additive, is provided, and the additive comprises: syrup solids and a liquid medium; and the sugar content of the additive is directly proportionate to the freezing point of the additive.
Claims30
A method of manufacturing a drilling fluid syrup additive, said method comprising:
- admixing syrup solids in the amount from about 30 to about 80% by volume of total volume of said additive and a liquid medium in the amount from about 20 to about 70% by volume of total volume of said additive, and increasing a sugar content of said syrup additive to decrease the freezing point of said syrup additive below the freezing point of water.
A method of making a drilling fluid syrup additive, said a method comprising:
- admixing syrup solids and a liquid medium to form a syrup additive;
- and increasing a sugar content of said syrup additive to thereby decrease the freezing point of said syrup additive.
A method for manufacturing a drilling fluid additive system, said method comprising of:
- admixing heated syrup solids with a first liquid medium to form a first syrup additive, said heated syrup solids is in the amount from about 30 to about 80% by volume of total volume of said first syrup additive and said first liquid medium is in the amount from about 20 to about 70% by volume of total volume of said first syrup additive;
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- admixing hydrolyzed syrup solids and a second liquid medium to form a second syrup additive, said hydrolyzed syrup solids is in the amount from about 30 to about 80% by volume of total volume of said second syrup additive and said second liquid medium is in the amount from about 20 to about 70% by volume of total volume of said second syrup additive;
- and increasing a sugar content of said first and second syrup additives to thereby decrease the freezing point of said first and second syrup additives below the freezing point of water.
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A method of making a drilling fluid syrup additive mixture, said method comprising:
- admixing syrup solids with a liquid medium, said syrup solids is in the amount from about 30 to about 80% by volume of total volume of said mixture and said liquid medium is in the amount from about 20 to about 70% by volume of total volume of said mixture, said mixture having a dissolved solid content and a freezing point, and wherein a decrease in said freezing point of said mixture is directly proportional to said dissolved solids content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.