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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
M-i L.l.c., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Chemsseddine Bouguetta, Houston, TX (US);
Roger Wayne Matlock, Lafayette, LA (US);
Henry Lee Conn, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Bailey, Houston, TX (US);
James Friedheim, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/03 (2006.01); B65G 53/16 (2006.01); B65G 53/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/032 (2013.01); B65G 53/16 (2013.01); B65G 53/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for transferring barite for use in wellbore fluids may include providing a ground weight material comprising barite and quartz having a dbetween about 4 and 8 and a dbetween about 15-25 microns to a pneumatic transfer vessel, supplying an air flow to the ground weight material in the pneumatic transfer vessel, and pneumatically transferring the ground weight material from the pneumatic transfer vessel to a storage vessel.