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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
M-i L.l.c., Houston, TX (US);
James M. Tour, Bellaire, TX (US);
Gabriel Ceriotti, Houston, TX (US);
Alexander Slesarev, Obninsk, RU;
Ruquan Ye, Houston, TX (US);
Katherine Price-Hoelscher, Houston, TX (US);
Cara Bovet, Houston, TX (US);
Jim Friedheim, Spring, TX (US);
Steve Young, Cypress, TX (US);
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston, TX (US);
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of making wellbore fluids with enhanced electrical conductivities. In some embodiments, such methods comprise: (1) pre-treating a carbon material with an acid; and (2) adding the carbon material to the wellbore fluid. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to wellbore fluids formed by the methods of the present disclosure. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods for logging a subterranean well by utilizing the aforementioned wellbore fluids.