Invention Application
- Patent Title: NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE FOR USE IN FLUIDS FOR PRIMARY OIL RECOVERY
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Application No.: US15577109Application Date: 2016-05-27
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Publication No.: US20180171199A1Publication Date: 2018-06-21
- Inventor: Mohamed AL-BAGOURY
- Applicant: ELKEM AS
- Priority: NO20150690 20150529
- International Application: PCT/NO2016/050109 WO 20160527
- Main IPC: C09K8/035
- IPC: C09K8/035 ; C09K8/62 ; C09K8/40 ; C08L97/02 ; C08L1/02 ; C08L1/28
Abstract:
The present invention relates to nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) for use in drilling fluids, fracturing fluids, spacer fluids etc. The fluids contain NFC as a viscosifier with an aspect ratio of more than 100 and where the nanofibrils have a diameter between 5 and 100 nanometer and a length of more than 1 μm.
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