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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:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chesnee L. Davis, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Jay P. Deville, Spring, TX (US);

Matthew L. Miller, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/34 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); C09K 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/34 (2013.01); E21B 21/063 (2013.01); E21B 21/068 (2013.01); C09K 8/04 (2013.01); C09K 8/66 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of removing a soluble metal ion from a contaminated brine fluid comprising: adding lime to the contaminated brine fluid, wherein the lime causes the soluble metal ion to become insoluble in the contaminated brine fluid; and passing the contaminated brine fluid through a filter media, wherein the step of passing is performed after the step of adding, and wherein after the brine fluid is passed through the filter media, a brine fluid having a reduced concentration of the metal ion is produced. Another method of removing a soluble metal ion from a contaminated brine fluid comprises: passing the contaminated brine fluid through a filter media, wherein the filter media comprises the lime.


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