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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2023
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
V. Ramireddy Devarapalli, Pune, IN;
Sunita S. Kadam, Pune, IN;
Rahul Patil, Pune, IN;
William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Spring, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method may include: introducing a water-based drilling fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a branched polyvinyl alcohol shale stabilizer into a drill string; extending a wellbore using the drill string through a subterranean formation comprising a shale; and allowing the branched polyvinyl alcohol shale stabilizer to interact with the shale to at least partially inhibit the shale.
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