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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Spring, TX (US);

Megan Renee Pearl, Spring, TX (US);

Samuel J. Lewis, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/33 (2006.01); G01N 21/3577 (2014.01); G01N 24/08 (2006.01); G01N 30/86 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2013.01); E21B 33/14 (2013.01); G01N 21/33 (2013.01); G01N 21/3577 (2013.01); G01N 24/081 (2013.01); G01N 30/8631 (2013.01); G01N 33/2823 (2013.01); G01N 2030/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for determining whether a base oil for use in drilling muds will be compatible with cement during subsequent cementing operations include: providing a drilling fluid that includes a base oil; using the drilling fluid to drill at least a portion of a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation; measuring a compositional characteristic of the base oil using one or more analytical tests; determining whether the base oil is a compatible base oil or an incompatible base oil based at least in part on the compositional characteristic of the base oil; injecting an amount of spacer fluid into the wellbore, wherein the amount of spacer fluid is selected based on the determination of whether the base oil is a compatible base oil or an incompatible base oil; and injecting the one or more cementing or completion fluids into the wellbore.


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