Surface active additives for oil-based mud filter cake breakers

    公开(公告)号:US10144861B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US14403928

    申请日:2013-05-31

    Applicant: M-I L.L.C.

    Inventor: Shaohua Lu

    Abstract: Described is a method including emplacing a breaker fluid into a wellbore drilled with an oil-based drilling fluid that forms an oil-based filter cake. The breaker fluid includes a non-oleaginous base fluid and a surfactant blend comprising an alkyl polyglycoside, an ethoxylated alcohol, and a triethyleneglycol monobutyl ether. The method further includes allowing the breaker fluid to break the oil-based filter cake.

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