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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2013
Applicants:

Ecutec Barcelona S.l., Barcelona, ES;

M-i L.l.c., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Philip Barthelmess, Barcelona, ES;

Sergio Alegre Fernandez-Caro, Barcelona, ES;

Philip David Burton, Katy, TX (US);

Gary Woolsey, Katy, TX (US);

Assignees:

Ecutec Barcelona, S.L., Barcelona, ES;

M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 13/06 (2006.01); B02C 21/00 (2006.01); B02C 13/282 (2006.01); B02C 13/284 (2006.01); B02C 13/30 (2006.01); B02C 17/16 (2006.01); B02C 17/18 (2006.01); B02C 17/24 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 21/00 (2013.01); B02C 13/06 (2013.01); B02C 13/282 (2013.01); B02C 13/284 (2013.01); B02C 13/30 (2013.01); B02C 17/16 (2013.01); B02C 17/1855 (2013.01); B02C 17/24 (2013.01); E21B 21/066 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure is drawn to systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods, related to milling particles in drilling fluid. Specifically, the disclosed systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods relate to milling particles in drilling fluid using multiple milling techniques. Some example apparatuses may include a first mill to grind particles from the original diameter to a first reduced diameter, and a second mill to grind the particles from the first reduced diameter to a second reduced diameter, where the second reduced diameter is less than the first reduced diameter.


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