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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Damian R. Vickers, Houston, TX (US);

Chemsseddine Bouguetta, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/14 (2006.01); C09K 8/36 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/36 (2013.01); E21B 21/00 (2013.01); E21B 33/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of drilling a wellbore may include drilling the wellbore using a wellbore fluid that has rheological property values for 6 rpm, 10 minute gel, Yield Point, and/or 10 minute-to-10 second gel ratio that are +/20% of the mean values across a temperature range from 40° F. to 300° F.; and conditioning the wellbore with less than 2 hole volumes. The wellbore fluid may include an oleaginous external phase; a non-oleaginous internal phase; an amidoamine emulsifier stabilizing the non-oleaginous internal phase within the oleaginous external phase; at least two oil wetting agents; a rheology modifier; and a weighting agent having a d50 ranging from 5 to 10 μm.


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