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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
Applicant:
M-i L.l.c., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Hui Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Jeremy Smith, Houston, TX (US);
Xia Wei, Houston, TX (US);
Weiqing Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Steven Philip Young, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/26 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/26 (2013.01); B01D 17/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of recycling a direct emulsion wellbore fluid may include disrupting a direct emulsion comprising an aqueous external phase and an oleaginous internal phase, wherein the direct emulsion is stabilized by a surfactant composition; and separating the aqueous phase and the oleaginous phase.