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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2020
Applicants:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Assignees:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/22 (2006.01); C09K 8/03 (2006.01); C01B 32/23 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/032 (2013.01); C01B 32/23 (2017.08); C09K 2208/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water-based wellbore fluid may include an aqueous base fluid and a modified graphene shale inhibitor that comprises one or more substituents that are covalently bonded to graphene via a linking group. One of the one or more substituents may be a hydrocarbon group that has a number of carbon atoms in the range from 8 to 14.