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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Dale E. Jamison, Humble, TX (US);

Cato Russell McDaniel, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Xiangnan Ye, Cypress, TX (US);

Sharath Savari, Stafford, TX (US);

Chesnee Lae Davis, Spring, TX (US);

Jonathan Paul Walker, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/487 (2006.01); C09K 8/03 (2006.01); C09K 8/504 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/487 (2013.01); C09K 8/032 (2013.01); C09K 8/5045 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods including precipitated and mined calcium carbonate lost circulation materials for use in subterranean formation operations. The precipitated calcium carbonate lost circulation materials are formed under a chosen set of precipitation conditions, including in situ in a subterranean formation. The mined calcium carbonate lost circulation materials are obtained in a desired morphological form under naturally occurring mined conditions. The precipitated and mined calcium carbonate lost circulation materials may be needle-shaped aragonite having an aspect ratio of about 1.4 to about 15.


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