Oil-based drilling fluids suitable for drilling in the presence of acidic gases
US5909779A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S507/91
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An alkaline-reserve-free, oil-based drilling fluid is disclosed as comprising an oleaginous liquid, and an amine surfactant having the structure R-NH.sub.2, wherein R represents a C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 alkyl group or alkenyl group. Such fluid is particularly useful in the drilling of subterranean wells in which CO.sub.2, H.sub.2 S or other acidic gases which adversely effect the rheologies and other properties of the drilling fluid are encountered. The alkaline-reserve-free oil-based drilling fluid permits the logging of acidic gases which otherwise could not be logged in the presence of lime or other alkaline.
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