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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy F House, Houston, TX (US);
Lonnie D Hoover, Chappell Hill, TX (US);
Assignee:
NL Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 / ; 252 / ; 2523635 ;
Abstract
A method of activating hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) such that the HEC will hydrate in heavy brines having a density greater than about 13.5 pounds per gallon at ambient temperature, the activated HEC compositions so produced, and viscous well servicing compositions wherein an oleaginous liquid and a compatiblizing agent are admixed to form a viscous slurry, admixing therewith an aqueous solution of an inorganic salt which has an exothermic heat of solution, and thereafter admixing HEC therewith to form a viscous pourable composition.