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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dale E. Jamison, Houston, TX (US);

Charles Landis, Houston, TX (US);

Jay Deville, Houston, TX (US);

Cato McDaniel, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/00 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/00 (2013.01); C09K 8/032 (2013.01); E21B 21/00 (2013.01); C09K 2208/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Mineral particles may provide for wellbore fluids with tailorable properties and capabilities. Methods of using mineral particles may include circulating a wellbore fluid with a first density of about 7 ppg to about 50 ppg in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the wellbore fluid comprising a base fluid, a plurality of first mineral particles, and a plurality of second mineral particles such that the first mineral particles and the second mineral particles are present in a first relative ratio, and the first mineral particles and the second mineral particles having a multiparticle specific gravity of about 3 to about 20; and changing the first relative ratio to a second relative ratio on-the-fly so as to yield the wellbore fluid with a second density.


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