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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A. Nattier, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas G. Shumate, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 7/00 ;
Abstract
Drilling fluid additives are designed to increase the density of drilling fluids while minimizing the increase in the resistance to flow of the drilling fluid. In particular, barite particles are added to the drilling fluid as a weight material where the barite particles include at least 85% by weight particles less than 75 microns and greater than 6 microns in equivalent spherical diameter.