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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Jeffrey Mckennis, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Marshall Chiasson, Spring, TX (US);
Mohammad Hossaini, Houston, TX (US);
Nam-sook Bae, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jeffrey McKennis, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Marshall Chiasson, Spring, TX (US);
Mohammad Hossaini, Houston, TX (US);
Nam-Sook Bae, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Tetra Technologies, Inc., The Woodlands, TX (US);
Abstract
Aqueous and substantially anhydrous fluids having particularly low thermal conductivities and variable densities are disclosed. The fluids include: one or more organic and/or inorganic salts and at least one aprotic polar organic solvent, a mixture of aprotic and protic polar organic solvents, and/or a polar organic solvent having both protic and aprotic polar functional group linkages. The fluids optionally include one or more viscosifying agents and are free of cross-linking agents. Methods for formulating and using the fluids are also disclosed.