公开(公告)号：US10570325B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US15394056

申请日：2016-12-29

Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

Inventor： Yiyan Chen ,  Dimitri M. Khramov

IPC: C09K8/36

Abstract: Compositions may contain an oleaginous base fluid, and a branched amidoamine surfactant prepared from the reaction of an alkylene amine or an oligoalkylene amine and a branched acid having a C4 to C24 primary hydrocarbon chain, and having one or more C1 to C24 branches. Methods may include emplacing a wellbore fluid into a wellbore, wherein the wellbore fluid contains an oleaginous base fluid; and a branched amidoamine surfactant prepared from the reaction of an alkylene amine or an oligoalkylene amine and a branched acid having a C4 to C24 primary hydrocarbon chain, and having one or more C1 to C24 branches.

公开(公告)号：US10569305B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US15737295

申请日：2016-06-27

Applicant: M-I L.L.C. ,  MANTOVANI & VICENTINI S.R.L.

Inventor： Gary E. Fout ,  Leonardo Vicentini

IPC: B07B1/52 ,  B04B3/04 ,  B07B1/55 ,  B08B1/04 ,  B08B3/02 ,  F26B25/06 ,  F26B5/08

Abstract: A centrifugal dryer includes a housing and a basket positioned within the housing. The basket defines an opening formed laterally there through. The basket rotates around a central longitudinal axis through the housing. An annulus is formed between the basket and the housing. A cleaning device is positioned within the annulus, and the cleaning device introduces a liquid into the annulus. A scraping device is positioned within the annulus, and the scraping device rotates to remove cuttings from at least one surface.

公开(公告)号：US10532381B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-14

申请号：US15528077

申请日：2015-11-24

Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

Inventor： Colin Stewart ,  Zakhar Chizhov ,  Mazin Philip ,  Mandeep Singh Ahuja ,  Richard Bingham

IPC: B07B13/16 ,  E21B21/06

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for flowing a fluid from an inlet flush nozzle onto tiered plates in a trough is provided. Material may fall from a deck in a vibratory separator, such as a shale shaker, into the trough, which is attached to the separator. The trough has a main inlet and the inlet flush nozzle that opens to tiered plates. An external pipe may feed the fluid into the main inlet and the inlet flush nozzle to lubricate the tiered plates in the trough. Material falling from the vibratory separator may float on the fluid to flow toward an outlet of the trough. A single plate with perforations may be used instead of the tiered plates to permit the fluid to penetrate the perforations to suspend the material, allowing the material to flow across the single plate to an outlet.

公开(公告)号：US10443327B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US14461946

申请日：2014-08-18

Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

Inventor： Evan T. Frazier ,  Eric Cady ,  Michael A. Timmerman

IPC: E21B21/06 ,  B03B5/04 ,  B07B1/28 ,  B07B1/46 ,  B07B13/16

Abstract: A separator having a pressure differential generating system is disclosed. The pressure differential generating system generates a pressure differential with respect to a screen of the separator. Fluid is supplied to the pressure differential generating device to generate the pressure differential across a screen of the separator. The separator can be utilized to separate drill cuttings from drilling fluid to increase an amount of drilling fluid recovered as a result of the pressure differential.

公开(公告)号：US10400155B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US14414088

申请日：2013-07-08

Applicant: M-I, L.L.C.

Inventor： Sashikumar Mettath ,  Steven Young ,  Emanuel Stamatakis ,  Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam ,  Changping Sui

IPC: C09K8/502 ,  C09K8/03 ,  C09K8/34 ,  C09K8/36 ,  E21B36/00

Abstract: A insulating annular fluid for reducing convective currents in the annular region a wellbore is provided that includes an oleaginous fluid, a silica, and, in some embodiments, organoclay.

公开(公告)号：US20190266717A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-29

申请号：US15767342

申请日：2016-10-12

Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

Inventor： Benjamin Lanning Holton ,  Colin Stewart ,  Brian Neil Ligertwood

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G01B11/02 ,  G01F23/292 ,  G01N21/95 ,  B01D33/01 ,  B01D33/80 ,  G06T7/73 ,  E21B21/06

Abstract: This disclosure is generally drawn to systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods, related to monitoring a shaker used for separating solids from fluid. Specifically, the disclosed systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods relate to capturing infrared images of a shaker or components thereof (e.g., shaker baskets, decks, screens) and performing actions on the shaker, its components, and/or the its operation based at least in part on the captured infrared images.

公开(公告)号：US20190225866A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16326678

申请日：2017-08-18

Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

Inventor： Aaron Blue ,  Joshua Sheldon

IPC: C09K8/508 ,  C09K8/502 ,  E21B43/26 ,  E21B21/00 ,  E21B33/138

Abstract: A method of reducing fluid loss includes pumping a wellbore fluid including resin coated solid particulate into a wellbore having fractures therein, the resin coated solid particulate forming a substantially impermeable plug in the fractures. A method of drilling a wellbore includes drilling a wellbore through a formation using a first wellbore fluid; and upon experiencing a fluid loss event to the formation, pumping a second wellbore fluid including resin coated solid particulates into the wellbore.

公开(公告)号：US10350520B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US14777363

申请日：2014-03-17

Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

Inventor： Eric Cady

IPC: B01D33/82 ,  E21B21/06 ,  B01D33/48 ,  B01D33/41 ,  B01D33/03 ,  B07B13/16 ,  B07B1/46

Abstract: A shaker separates components of a slurry. The shaker has a screen with a pressure differential applied to the screen to remove a portion of a slurry. The pressure differential across the screen can be toggled or pulsed. Generally, various types of separators are used to separate liquids and solids. For example, oil-field drilling operations use separators with screens to remove solids from a slurry. One type of apparatus used to remove solids from drilling mud is commonly referred to in the industry as a “shale shaker.”

公开(公告)号：US20190091610A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US16200251

申请日：2018-11-26

Applicant: M-I L.L.C. ,  M-I Drilling Fluids UK Ltd

Inventor： Eric Cady ,  Graham Alexander Robertson ,  LaTosha Moore ,  Claire Rosaleen Galloway McLean ,  Andrew Ralph

IPC: B01D29/05 ,  B07B1/46 ,  B01D29/56 ,  B01D29/01

CPC classification number: B01D29/05 ,  B01D29/012 ,  B01D29/56 ,  B07B1/4636 ,  B07B1/4645 ,  B07B2201/04

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a filtering assembly and a method of manufacturing a filtering assembly. The filtering assembly may increases an effective screening area. Specifically, embodiments disclosed herein include a screen housing having two sidewalls and two end walls, defining a perimeter with a length and a width. The screen housing also includes a top face and a bottom face. A plurality of screen segments may be positioned on the top face of the screen housing, such that the plurality of screen segments on the top face provide a screening surface area less than a total surface area of the top face.

公开(公告)号：US10240444B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US14376809

申请日：2013-02-06

Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

Inventor： Salamat Gumarov ,  Talgat A. Shokanov ,  Julio Roberto Ronderos ,  Kevin Simpson ,  Viacheslav Viktorovich Anokhin ,  Said Benelkadi

IPC: E21B43/26 ,  E21B47/10

Abstract: A method of designing a well control operation includes obtaining sub-surface data related to a formation surrounding a well, building a geomechanical model of the formation based on the sub-surface data, obtaining operational data related to the well control operation, performing, on a processor, a hydraulic fracture simulation of the formation, wherein the simulation is based on the operational data and the geomechanical model, and determining an estimated volume of fluid required for a fracture to breach an upper surface of the formation.