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Oil-base drilling fluid comprising branched chain paraffins such as the dimer of 1-decene

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5251229
This patent describes a drilling fluid. It comprises at least about 30 volume percent of a non-toxic base-oil; and one or more additives, at least one of which is selected from the group consisting of emulsifiers, viscosifiers, weighting agents, oil-wetting agents, densifiers, and fluid-loss preventing agents, the base-oil content of the drilling fluid consisting of the dimer of 1-decene.
Assignee:
Union Oil Co. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5096883
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-745998
OSTI ID:
5251229
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English