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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Catalin Ivan, Houston, TX (US);
Karen Mccosh, Aberdeen, GB;
Inventors:
Catalin Ivan, Houston, TX (US);
Karen McCosh, Aberdeen, GB;
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/068 (2013.01); B01D 17/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for removing water from a wellbore fluid may include the steps of contacting a wellbore fluid with a water absorbing polymer, where the wellbore fluid includes an aqueous fluid, allowing the water absorbing polymer to interact with the wellbore fluid for a sufficient period of time so that the water absorbing polymer absorbs at least a portion of water in the aqueous fluid, and separating the water absorbing polymer containing the absorbed water from the wellbore fluid.