Earth boring – well treating – and oil field chemistry – Earth boring – Contains organic component
Patent
1991-08-09
1992-03-17
Maples, John S.
Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry
Earth boring
Contains organic component
507905, 507910, C09K 706, C09K 702
Patent
active
050968831
ABSTRACT:
A non-toxic drilling fluid (drilling mud), for use in rotary-type well-drilling operations, comprises a non-toxic base-oil consisting essentially of branched-chain paraffins which may or may not contain ester functionalities, the base-oil having: (i) between about 16 and about 40 atoms per molecule, (ii) a kinematic viscosity, at 40.degree. C., of between about 1 and about 16.5 centistokes; (iii) a flash point of at least about 90.degree. C.; and (iv) a pour point of less than about -40.degree. C. Preferably, the branched-chain paraffin used as the base-oil consists essentially of the dimer of 1-decene, which has a viscosity of about 5 centistokes at 40.degree. C. and which has 20 carbon atoms per molecule. The drilling fluid can be about 100 percent base-oil or can be an emulsion of the base-oil in water, in which case the amount of base-oil is at least about 30 volume percent, and is more preferably between about 65 and about 95 volume percent. The drilling fluid additionally includes various additives, including emulsifiers, viscosifiers, weighting agents, oil-wetting agents, densifiers, and/or fluid-loss preventing agents.
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Mercer James D.
Nesbit Laura L.
Frieman Shlomo R.
Geist Gary L.
Lambert Howard R.
Maples John S.
Union Oil Company of California
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