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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey J. Miller, Spring, TX (US);
Yerzhan Ayapbergenov, Houston, TX (US);
Katerina V. Newman, Houston, TX (US);
Jonathan Walker, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); B01L 3/14 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 21/26 (2006.01); B01D 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); B01D 21/262 (2013.01); B01D 21/283 (2013.01); B01L 3/14 (2013.01); E21B 21/065 (2013.01); E21B 21/066 (2013.01); E21B 21/068 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01); C09K 2208/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods of cleaning invert emulsion drilling fluids. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of cleaning a drilling fluid. The method includes cleaning a used invert emulsion drilling fluid that includes drilled cuttings to form a cleaned invert emulsion drilling fluid. The cleaning includes processing the used invert emulsion drilling fluid in a separator to remove at least some of the drilled cuttings therefrom.