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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Applicant:
M-i L.l.c., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam, Houston, TX (US);
Paulo Pauferro, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
Compositions herein may include an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous discontinuous phase, a first clay comprising an organophilic smectite clay, and a second clay comprising a magnesium silicate clay. Methods herein may include circulating such fluids downhole as well as admixing a magnesium silicate dispersed clay and an organophilic smectite clay in an oleaginous base fluid.