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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:
Oct. 24, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/40 (2006.01); C09K 8/32 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/32 (2013.01); C09K 8/40 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01); C09K 8/601 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spacer fluid comprising: (a) water; and (b) an alkyl polyglycoside derivative, wherein the alkyl polyglycoside derivative is selected from the group consisting of sorbitan fatty acids; functionalized sulfonates, functionalized betaines, an inorganic salt of any of the foregoing, and any combination of any of the foregoing. Preferably, the spacer fluid additionally comprises a solid particulate, such as a weighting agent. A method of displacing an oil-based drilling mud from a portion of a well comprising the steps of: (A) forming the spacer fluid; and (B) introducing the spacer fluid into the well.


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