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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Arnis Judzis, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Alan D. Black, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Sidney J. Green, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Homer A. Robertson, West Jordan, UT (US);
Ronald G. Bland, Houston, TX (US);
David Alexander Curry, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Leroy W. Ledgerwood, Iii, Cypress, TX (US);
Arnis Judzis, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Alan D. Black, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Sidney J. Green, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Homer A. Robertson, West Jordan, UT (US);
Ronald G. Bland, Houston, TX (US);
David Alexander Curry, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Leroy W. Ledgerwood, III, Cypress, TX (US);
Terratek Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Baker Hughes, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
To improve drilling performance, a drilling fluid is selected based on one or more criteria and to have at least one target characteristic. Drilling equipment is used to drill a wellbore, and the selected drilling fluid is provided into the wellbore during drilling with the drilling equipment. The at least one target characteristic of the drilling fluid includes an ability of the drilling fluid to penetrate into formation cuttings during drilling to weaken the formation cuttings.