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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1984
Filed:
May. 02, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph G Savins, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
175 65 ; 252 / ;
Abstract
In a rotary method of drilling a well into the earth employing a drilling mud system, the transport ratio (hole cleaning efficiency) is increased by increasing the yield point to plastic viscosity ratio of the drilling fluid while maintaining the plastic viscosity constant. In a preferred embodiment, the plastic viscosity is varied within the range of 7.5 to 30 centipoises and the yield point to plastic viscosity ratio is varied within the range of 0.20 to 1.5.