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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Doug Oakley, Wiltshire, GB;
Blake Brockerville, Labrador City, CA;
Todd Reid, Mount Pearl, CA;
Jarrod Massam, Scotland, GB;
Doug Oakley, Wiltshire, GB;
Blake Brockerville, Labrador City, CA;
Todd Reid, Mount Pearl, CA;
Jarrod Massam, Scotland, GB;
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method to control drilling fluid properties, including: circulating a drilling fluid through a wellbore to form a suspension of drilled solids in the drilling fluid; and separating the suspension in a separator to form a particulate fraction and an effluent, wherein the particulate fraction includes at least a portion of the drilled solids and the effluent includes the drilling fluid. The particulate fraction may include particulates having a minimum particle size of 100 microns or greater, and the effluent may include a micronized weighting agent having a particle size dof 10 microns or less.