Rare earth-containing compounds to enhance performance of downhole treatment compositions
US10087354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B21/06
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A downhole treatment composition comprises a rare earth-containing compound comprising one or more of the following: scandium; yttrium; lanthanum; cerium; praseodymium; neodymium; promethium; samarium; lutetium; europium; gadolinium; terbium; dysprosium; holmium; erbium; thulium; or ytterbium, wherein the downhole treatment composition is a cement slurry, a drilling fluid, or a spacer fluid. Also disclosed are methods of cementing a wellbore, methods of displacing a first fluid, and methods of drilling a wellbore in a subterranean formation using the cement slurry, the spacer fluid, or the drilling fluid.
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