Method for drilling depleted sands with minimal drilling...

Boring or penetrating the earth – Processes – Boring with specific fluid

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C166S292000, C507S140000

Reexamination Certificate

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06889780

ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for reducing loss of drilling fluid and for stabilizing a wellbore during drilling through depleted sands in a subterranean formation comprising depleted sands. The method comprises introducing into said wellbore and into said depleted sands an aqueous fluid comprising silicate or siliconate and resilient graphitic carbon in an amount effective at substantially plugging pores in said depleted sands.

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