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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Eugene Dakin, Katy, TX (US);
Hui Zhang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Bethicia B. Prasek, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Inventors:
Eugene Dakin, Katy, TX (US);
Hui Zhang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Bethicia B. Prasek, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/22 (2006.01); C09K 8/524 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/524 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of analyzing a wellbore fluid that includes treating a wellbore fluid with an emulsifying fluid, the emulsifying fluid comprising: a hydroxylated ether; an amphoteric chemotrope; and testing the treated wellbore fluid for at least one of turbidity and total suspended solids is disclosed. Methods of cleaning wellbores are also disclosed.