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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, GB;
Durham University, Durham, GB;
M-i Drilling Fluids Uk Ltd, Aberdeen, GB;
Musarrat Halima Mohammed, Glasgow, GB;
Andrew Whiting, Durham, GB;
Mona Al Batal, Durham, GB;
Manohara Gudiyor Veerabhadrappa, Durham, GB;
Hugh Christopher Greenwell, County Durham, GB;
John Adrian Hall, Dhahran Hills, SA;
Gasan Selman Alabedi, Cheshire, GB;
Michael Hayward Hodder, Aberdeen, GB;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Durham University, Durham, GB;
M-I Drilling Fluids UK Ltd, Aberdeen, GB;
Abstract
The present application discloses drilling fluid compositions, methods for making drilling fluids, and methods for drilling subterranean wells utilizing the drilling fluids. According to one embodiment, a drilling fluid composition may include an oil phase, an aqueous phase, an emulsifier, and a rheology modifier. The emulsifier may include an amino amide, and the rheology modifier may include a layered double hydroxide, such as Mg/Al-Myristate layered double hydroxide.