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US 9,957,433 B2Granted
Preparation and use of drilling fluids with date seed powder fluid loss additive
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsMd Amanullah, Jothibasu Ramasamy, Turki Thuwaini Mohammed Alsubaie, Omar A. Fuwaires
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Abstract
Date seed powder can be used as a fluid loss additive for drilling fluids by mixing a quantity of date seed powder with a volume of fluid resulting in a mixture. The date seed powder or the mixture can be added to a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid that includes the date seed powder or the mixture can be used to drill a wellbore.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- combining a date seed powder and water;
- suspending the date seed powder in the water with a homogenizer to yield a water-based drilling fluid;
- and
- providing the water-based drilling fluid to a wellbore.
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A method comprising:
- providing a water-based drilling fluid to a wellbore, the water-based drilling fluid comprising:
- water;
- a date seed powder;
- and
- a homogenizer,
- wherein the homogenizer suspends the date seed powder in the water;
- and
- drilling the wellbore.
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A drilling fluid comprising:
- a date seed powder;
- a homogenizer;
- and
- water,
- wherein the homogenizer suspends the date seed powder in the water, and the drilling fluid is a water-based drilling fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.