Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Salem Alshammari

Vikrant Bhavanishankar Wagle

Abdullah Saleh Al-Yami

Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala

Hussain Albahrani

Zainab Alsaihati

Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alhelal

Salah Hamad Al-Saleh

Ali Al-Safran

Ali Yousef

Abdullah Al-Awadh

Hussain Habib Al Saleem

Mohammad Alawami

Nasser Al-Alhareth

Method of producing hydroxides for use in carbon dioxide mineralization, the method including adding a first amount of sodium hydroxide to a produced oilfield brine to precipitate Mg(OH), adding a second amount of sodium hydroxide to precipitate Ca(OH), filtering the precipitates, and adding an amount of the filtered precipitates to an aqueous carbon dioxide solution.

Extraction of alkaline earth metal hydroxides from produced oilfield brine

Disclosed are methods of preparing drilling fluid compositions containing treated calcium bentonite. One such method includes mixing calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition. Another method includes mixing the calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash and magnesium oxide, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition.

Treatment of calcium-containing bentonites for drilling fluids

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