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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020

Filed:

May. 11, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ronald Johannes Dirksen, Spring, TX (US);

Daniel David Gleitman, Houston, TX (US);

William W. Shumway, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 21/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 21/10 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 21/103 (2013.01); E21B 21/12 (2013.01); E21B 34/066 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 21/003 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for modifying a return fluid in a wellbore comprising disposing at least one valve along a drill pipe section of a drill string in the wellbore. At least one parameter of interest is determined at at least one location along the wellbore. At least one valve is controllably actuated to discharge at least a portion of at least one fluid from inside the drill string to an annulus in the wellbore to modify a local property of the return fluid in the annulus based at least in part on the measured parameter of interest.


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