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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Mukesh Kapila, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Paul Newman, Bedford, CA;
Katerina Newman, Houston, TX (US);
Perry Lomond, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mukesh Kapila, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Paul Newman, Bedford, CA;
Katerina Newman, Houston, TX (US);
Perry Lomond, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 5/04 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); B01F 7/00 (2006.01); B01F 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/062 (2013.01); B01F 7/00766 (2013.01); B01F 13/1013 (2013.01); B01F 13/1016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of mixing drilling fluids, the method including injecting a drilling fluid into a high shear mixing unit and processing the drilling fluid with the high shear mixing unit. The processing includes forcing the drilling fluid through a first row of teeth of a first stage.