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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:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:

M-i L.l.c., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Brandi Katherine Price Hoelscher, Houston, TX (US);

Cara Bovet, Houston, TX (US);

James Friedheim, Spring, TX (US);

Guido Destefano, Westhill Scotland, GB;

Assignee:

M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/32 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/20 (2006.01); C09K 8/36 (2006.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01); G01V 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2013.01); C09K 8/32 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 47/024 (2013.01); E21B 49/003 (2013.01); G01V 3/08 (2013.01); G01V 15/00 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Electrically conductive oil-based wellbore fluids and methods of using same are provided. Wellbore fluids provided may contain one or more carbon nanotubes, where the one or more carbon nanotubes have a particular d/g ratio as determined by Raman spectroscopy. Also provided are methods for electrical logging of a subterranean well that include emplacing a logging medium into a subterranean well, wherein the logging medium contains a non-aqueous fluid and one or more carbon nanotubes, where the one or more carbon nanotubes are present in a concentration so as to permit the electrical logging of the subterranean well; and acquiring an electrical log the subterranean well.


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