Method for foam drilling using a biodegradable foaming agent

Details Method for foam drilling using a biodegradable foaming agent Method for foam drilling using a biodegradable foaming agent

1977-10-17

1978-10-24

Novosad, Stephen J.

Boring or penetrating the earth

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Boring with specific fluid

166309, 175 69, 252 85C, E21B 2100, C09K 702, C09K 708

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041216741

ABSTRACT:
A method for conducting foam drilling and workover operations in a bore hole penetrating a subterranean reservoir employing an aqueous solution of a biodegradable foaming agent composition containing about 0.3 to 3 parts by weight of an N-fatty ethyl sulfonic acid salt having the formula: ##STR1## per part by weight of an N-fatty propionic acid salt having the formula: ##STR2## wherein R and R.sub.1 are straight chain alkyl radicals having from 10 to 16 carbon atoms, and M and M.sub.1 are alkali metal or ammonium cations. A particularly preferred foaming agent composition contains sodium 2-(N-lauryl) ethyl sulfonic acid and sodium 2-(N-lauryl) propionic acid.

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Swisher, "The Chemistry of Surfactant Biodegradation," The Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, vol. 40, Nov., 1963, pp. 648-656.

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