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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Richard Bingham, Katy, TX (US);
Diana Garcia, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Richard Bingham, Katy, TX (US);
Diana Garcia, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 13/00 (2006.01); B01F 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for mixing a drilling fluid formulation that includes establishing a flow path for a base fluid, adding drilling fluid additives to the base fluid to create a mixture, aerating the mixture of base fluid and drilling fluid additives, and injecting a compressible driving fluid into the mixture of base fluid and drilling fluid additives to form a mixed drilling fluid is disclosed.