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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventor:
Md Amanullah, Dhahran, SA;
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/035 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/035 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 2208/04 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An altered drilling fluid having a drilling fluid and a date tree waste-based lost circulation material (LCM). The date tree waste LCM may include includes date tree waste fibers produced from one or more of the following: date tree trunks, date tree rachis, date tree leaflets, date tree panicles, and date tree roots. The date tree waste LCM may include fibers having lengths in the range of 5 millimeters (5 mm) to 15 mm, diameters in the range of 0.5 mm to 0.8 mm, and having an aspect ratio range of 6 to 30. Methods of manufacture of a date tree waste LCM are also provided.