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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roy F. House, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Venture Innovations, Inc., Lafayette, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 7/02 ;
Abstract
The invention provides aqueous viscous or gelled alkaline fluids particularly useful in oil and gas well operations, and a method of drilling a well therewith. The fluids contain chitosan, an amine reactive acid, and an aldehyde therein, whereby the amine reactive acid and the aldehyde react with the primary amino group on the chitosan to increase the viscosity and stability of the fluid. The fluids are also useful wherein other chitosan-containing fluids are utilized. The preferred amine reactive acid is glyoxylic acid, and the preferred aldehyde is lactose.