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Environment-friendly water-based drilling fluid applicable to horizontal shale gas wells

US9783726B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 2017
Grant dateOct 10, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K2208/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the well drilling field in petrochemical industry, and discloses an environment-friendly water-based drilling fluid applicable to horizontal shale gas wells comprising a nano-plugging agent, a bionic wall bracing agent, a bionic shale inhibitor, a filler, an emulsifier, and an amphiphobic wettability reversal agent, wherein, the nano-plugging agent is modified silicon dioxide nano-particle, and its modifying group includes an acrylic copolymer chain; the bionic wall bracing agent is carboxymethyl chitosan with a dopamine-derived group grafted on its main chain; the bionic shale inhibitor is composed of structural units of arginine and structural units of lysine; the filler consists of calcium carbonate of 1,600-2,500 mesh, calcium carbonate of 1,050-1,500 mesh, and calcium carbonate of 500-1,000 mesh at a weight ratio of 1:0.55-6:0.55-6; and the amphiphobic wettability reversal agent is a dual-cation fluorocarbon surfactant. The drilling fluid provided in the present invention has high temperature-resistance, high plugging and high inhibition performance, is environment friendly, especially has high density, and is applicable to shale gas mining.

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