Abstract:
A chemically oxidized starch drilling fluid dispersant having improved resistance to deterioration in the presence of bacteria in a low pH mud system by heating a chemically oxidized starch dispersant for 15 to 50 minutes at temperatures of 400*-475* F. and an aqueous drilling fluid containing the heated chemically oxidized starch dispersant.
Abstract:
An aqueous drilling fluid dispersant and a method of drilling wells using said drilling fluid which contains a substituted dihydroxybenzene compound as the dispersant, namely, a dihydroxybenzene compound selected from the group consisting of a 1,2-dihydroxybenzene containing as a substituent in the 4 position a nitro-, a chloro-, a formyl-, or a (2''carboxyethenyl)-group and mixtures of said compounds.
Abstract:
An aqueous drilling fluid dispersant and a method of drilling wells using said drilling fluid which contains a substituted dihydroxybenzene compound as the dispersant, namely, a substituted dihydroxybenzene compound selected from the group consisting of 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, 2,5-dihydroxy-3,6dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone, 4,5-dihydroxy-1,2-benzoquinone, 4,5dihydroxy-3,6-dichloro-1,2-benzoquinone and mixtures of said compounds.
Abstract:
A chemically oxidized starch drilling fluid dispersant having improved resistance to deterioration in the presence of bacteria in a low pH mud system by heating a chemically oxidized starch dispersant for 15 to 50 minutes at temperatures of 400*-475*F. and an aqueous drilling fluid containing the heated chemically oxidized starch dispersant.
Abstract:
An aqueous drilling fluid dispersant and a method of drilling wells using as the drilling fluid dispersant a dihydroxy substituted phenyl alkyl ketone, namely, 1,2-dihydroxy-4acetylbenzene, 1,2-dihydroxy-4-propionylbenzene, and mixtures thereof.