Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultra high viscosity pill and methods for use with an oil-based drilling system
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Application No.: US13739979Application Date: 2013-01-11
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Publication No.: US09850417B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: James W. Dobson, Jr. , Kim O. Tresco , Benjamin K. Geerdes
- Applicant: TUCC Technology, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: TUCC Technology, LLC
- Current Assignee: TUCC Technology, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Lewis, Reese & Nesmith, PLLC
- Main IPC: C09K8/02
- IPC: C09K8/02 ; C09K8/74 ; E21B43/16 ; C09K8/34 ; C09K8/14 ; C09K8/32

Abstract:
A fluid pressure transmission pill (FPTP) having an ultra-high viscosity for use in association with hydrocarbon drilling and exploration operations, particularly, managed pressure drilling (MPD) operations, is described. The ultra-high viscosity pill is a weighted pill composition that includes a hydrocarbon fluid, a thixotropic viscosifying agent, one or more activators, an emulsifier/wetting agent, a fluid loss control additive, and a weighting material. In accordance with selected aspects of the described fluid pressure transmission pill, the ratio of the amount of the thixotropic viscosifying agent to the activator is a ratio of about 7:1, and the weighting material is a barium-containing solid-phase material. Also described are methods of use of such FPTP products in subterranean operations, such as well killing operations during managed pressure drilling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130130944A1 Ultra High Viscosity Pill and Methods for Use with an Oil-Based Drilling System Public/Granted day:2013-05-23
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