Methods of using drilling fluid compositions with enhanced rheology
First Claim
1. A method of drilling a subterranean well, the method comprising:
- operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of a drilling fluid composition comprising;
a base fluid;
at least one additive chosen from an emulsifier, a weighting material, a fluid-loss additive, a viscosifiers, or an alkali compound; and
consisting essentially offrom 0.3 wt. % to 0.8 wt. %, based on the total weight of the drilling fluid composition, of an ethoxylated alcohol compound having formula (I);
R—
(OCH2CH2)7—
OH
(I)where R is a hydrocarbyl group having exactly 12 carbon atoms.
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Abstract
Drilling fluid compositions include a base fluid, at least one additive chosen from an emulsifier, weighting material, fluid-loss additive, viscosifier, or alkali compound, and from 0.1 wt. % to 1 wt. %, based on total weight of the drilling fluid composition, of an ethoxylated alcohol compound having the formula R—(OCH2CH2)7—OH, in which R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms. The base fluid may be an aqueous base fluid. Methods for drilling a subterranean well include operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of a drilling fluid composition including the base fluid, the additive, and the ethoxylated alcohol compound.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of drilling a subterranean well, the method comprising:
operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of a drilling fluid composition comprising; a base fluid; at least one additive chosen from an emulsifier, a weighting material, a fluid-loss additive, a viscosifiers, or an alkali compound; and
consisting essentially offrom 0.3 wt. % to 0.8 wt. %, based on the total weight of the drilling fluid composition, of an ethoxylated alcohol compound having formula (I);
R—
(OCH2CH2)7—
OH
(I)where R is a hydrocarbyl group having exactly 12 carbon atoms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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