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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:
Aug. 25, 1992

Filed:

Oct. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ronald G Bland, Houston, TX (US);

Dennis K Clapper, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
507136 ; 166301 ; 252312 ;
Abstract

Brine-in-glycol emulsions are shown for use as well working fluids. The fluids have a glycol external phase and a brine internal phase. The separate phases are emulsified to create an emulsion and weighted with traditional weighting agents. The external phase is soluble or dispersible in sea water when diluted upon discharge.


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