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Aqueous drilling and packer fluids

US4946605A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1987
Grant dateAug 7, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/926
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Sulfonated polymers and copolymers are used as thinners in aqueous drilling or packer fluids. The sulfonated polymer has polydispersity below 2 and has a low solution viscosity. It is generally a copolymer of beta-arylamidoalkane sulfonate or allyl sulfonate or other aliphatic sulfonate with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, generally acrylic acid.

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