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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2018
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Durham University, Durham, GB;
M-i Drilling Fluids Uk Ltd, Aberdeen, GB;
Musarrat Halima Mohammed, Glasgow, GB;
Andrew Whiting, Durham, GB;
Hugh Christopher Greenwell, County Durham, GB;
Manohara Gudiyor Veerabhadrappa, Durham, GB;
John Adrian Hall, Dhahran Hills, SA;
Gasan Selman Alabedi, Cheshire, GB;
Michael Hayward Hodder, Aberdeen, GB;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, GB;
Durham University, Durham, GB;
M-I Drilling Fluids UK Ltd, Aberdeen, GB;
Abstract
A drilling fluid and a method of preparing the drilling fluid. The oil-based drilling fluid includes a base oil continuous phase comprising a base oil, an aqueous dispersed phase and at least one rheology modifier. The at least one rheology modifier includes a magnesium/aluminum (Mg/Al) layered-double hydroxide (LDH) diamondoid compound.