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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:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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

Sandeep Kulkarni, Kingwood, TX (US);

Xiangnan Ye, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/56 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); G01N 3/34 (2006.01); G01N 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/56 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); G01N 3/34 (2013.01); G01N 11/14 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0025 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

Characterizing the decay of the microstructure of a drilling fluid gel using a model based on two exponential functions. Based on the model, identify at least two components of the decay model comprising a fast decay component and a slow decay component, wherein the fast decay component decays more quickly than the slow decay component. The decay of the microstructure of the gel over a time period can be determined using a rheometer or viscometer. Wellbore processes, including start up and tripping operations can be optimized based on the determination of the fast decay component and/or a slow decay component of the drilling fluid gel.


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