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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Neal Harvey, Humble, TX (US);
Cato Russell McDaniel, Montgomery, TX (US);
Katerina V. Newman, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/04 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); C01B 32/50 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/047 (2013.01); E21B 21/063 (2013.01); C01B 32/50 (2017.08);
Abstract
Systems and methods for separation of oleaginous fluids, aqueous fluids, and solids from drilling or other oilfield emulsions by solvent extraction. A method for separation of oilfield emulsions comprising: providing an oilfield emulsion prepared for use in a wellbore and/or recovered from a wellbore; mixing the oilfield emulsion with at least a solvent to form at least a mixture; and separating the mixture to at least partially recover an oleaginous phase of the oilfield emulsion.