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Composition and method for drilling formations containing geothermal fluid

Patent 4013568 Issued on March 22, 1977. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 22, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 05/639652 filed on 12/11/1975

US Classes:

507/107, Humate component is fossilized (e.g., lignite, leonardite, brown coal, etc.)175/69, Combined liquid and gaseous fluid175/71, Gaseous fluid or under gas pressure507/119, Polymer derived from acrylic acid monomer or derivative507/120, Nitrogen is attached directly or indirectly to the acrylic acid monomer or derivative by nonionic bonding (e.g., acrylamide, acrylonitrile, etc.)507/910EARTH BORING FLUID DEVOID OF DISCRETE AQUEOUS PHASE

Examiners

Primary: Guynn, Herbert B.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Abstract

A composition and method for drilling a well into a subterranean formation containing a geothermal fluid utilizing a gas-containing aqueous drilling fluid containing both lignite and a salt of a high molecular weight acrylic polymer.

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