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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tatyana V. Khamatnurova, Houston, TX (US);
Jody Marie Burks, Spring, TX (US);
Ali Alwattari, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/38 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); E21B 21/14 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); C09K 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/38 (2013.01); C09K 8/04 (2013.01); E21B 21/003 (2013.01); E21B 21/065 (2013.01); E21B 21/14 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprising: providing a composition comprising: a base liquid; and solid particles; foaming the composition with a gas to produce a foamed drilling fluid; wherein the foamed drilling fluid is characterized as a Pickering foam wherein at least a portion of the solid particles are dispersed on an interface between the base liquid and the gas to stabilize the Pickering foam; pumping the foamed drilling fluid through a drill string; and extending a wellbore through a subterranean formation.