CA2160098A1 - Polymer Enhanced Foam Drilling Fluid - Google Patents

Polymer Enhanced Foam Drilling Fluid

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CA2160098A1
CA2160098A1 CA2160098A CA2160098A CA2160098A1 CA 2160098 A1 CA2160098 A1 CA 2160098A1 CA 2160098 A CA2160098 A CA 2160098A CA 2160098 A CA2160098 A CA 2160098A CA 2160098 A1 CA2160098 A1 CA 2160098A1
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drilling fluid
enhanced foam
polymer enhanced
foam drilling
polymer
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CA2160098C (en
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Robert D. Sydansk
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Marathon Oil Co
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Marathon Oil Co
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Priority claimed from US08/336,150 external-priority patent/US5495891A/en
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K8/00—Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
    • C09K8/02—Well-drilling compositions
    • C09K8/38—Gaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K17/00—Soil-conditioning materials or soil-stabilising materials
    • C09K17/40—Soil-conditioning materials or soil-stabilising materials containing mixtures of inorganic and organic compounds
    • C09K17/48—Organic compounds mixed with inorganic active ingredients, e.g. polymerisation catalysts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D3/00—Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil
    • E02D3/12—Consolidating by placing solidifying or pore-filling substances in the soil

Abstract

A process employing a polymer enhanced foam in a wellbore as a drilling fluid during a wellbore drilling operation.
The polymer enhanced foam is formed from an uncrosslinked acrylamide polymer, a surfactant, an aqueous solvent, and an added gas.
CA002160098A 1994-11-08 1995-10-06 Polymer enhanced foam drilling fluid Expired - Fee Related CA2160098C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US336,150 1994-11-08
US08/336,150 US5495891A (en) 1994-11-08 1994-11-08 Foamed gel employed as a drilling fluid, a lost circulation fluid, or a combined drilling/lost circulation fluid
US364,588 1994-12-27
US08/364,588 US5513712A (en) 1994-11-08 1994-12-27 Polymer enhanced foam drilling fluid

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CA2160098A1 true CA2160098A1 (en) 1996-05-09
CA2160098C CA2160098C (en) 2000-03-14

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CA002160098A Expired - Fee Related CA2160098C (en) 1994-11-08 1995-10-06 Polymer enhanced foam drilling fluid

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