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Patent
E - Fixed Constructions
21
B
E21B 10/60 (2006.01) C09K 8/10 (2006.01) C09K 8/20 (2006.01) C09K 8/32 (2006.01) E21B 10/18 (2006.01) E21B 10/38 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2393977
Disclosed are drilling fluids suitable for use in connection with oil well drilling. The drilling fluids of the invention include in one embodiment a liquid base, an alkyl glucoside, such as methyl glucoside, and a borehole stability agent that includes a maltodextrin, a carboxyalkyl starch, a hemicellulose-containing material, or a mixture of the foregoing. In another embodiment, the drilling fluid includes a liquid base and desugared molasses solids, preferably in combination with an alkyl glucoside and more preferably in further combination with one of the aforementioned borehole stability agents. The drilling fluids of the invention surprisingly have a reduced tendency to swell shale as compared with known drilling fluids. Also disclosed are a drilling apparatus and process. The drilling apparatus includes a drill string, which may be conventional, that is fluidically coupled to a source of drilling fluid, the source of drilling fluid including the drilling fluid of the invention. The process of the invention includes the step of circulating the drilling fluid of the invention through a drill string during borehole drilling.
Riley Michael
Schilling Kevin H.
Grain Processing Corporation
Marks & Clerk
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