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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2008
E. Wayne Kinsey, Iii, Houston, TX (US);
David Nigel Harry, Katy, TX (US);
Gordon Randall Dixon, Midland, TX (US);
Fati Malekahmadi, Houston, TX (US);
Keith Ingram Dismuke, Katy, TX (US);
E. Wayne Kinsey, III, Houston, TX (US);
David Nigel Harry, Katy, TX (US);
Gordon Randall Dixon, Midland, TX (US);
Fati Malekahmadi, Houston, TX (US);
Keith Ingram Dismuke, Katy, TX (US);
Benchmark Energy Products, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A continuous process forms liquid or semi-solid suspensions of water-hydratable guar particles in a non-aqueous solvent directly from hydrated guar splits. In particular, guar splits are hydrated, compressed to form wet guar flakes, and then dried. The dried guar flakes are then combined with a non-aqueous carrier fluid. Finally, the guar and carrier fluid mixture is homogenized, and, if desired, the homogenized guar and carrier fluid mixture may be shear milled to further size-reduce the average particle size of the guar particle.