Title:
COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OF WHOLE DATE PALM SEED LOST CIRCULATION MATERIAL (LCM)
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/096986
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A lost circulation material (LCM) that includes whole date palm seeds. The whole date palm seeds LCM includes date palm seeds having lengths greater than 22. 6 millimeters (mm), date palm seeds having lengths in the range of 16 mm to 22.6 mm, and date palm seeds having lengths in the range of 1 mm to less than 16 mm. Method of manufacturing the whole date palm seeds LCM include washing and drying whole date palm seeds, such that the drying includes air-drying, hot rolling, and cooling. Methods of reducing lost circulation are also provided.
Inventors:
AMANULLAH MD (SA)
ALSUBAIE TURKI (SA)
ALSUBAIE TURKI (SA)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/060051
Publication Date:
September 02, 2021
Filing Date:
November 11, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO (SA)
ARAMCO SERVICES CO (US)
ARAMCO SERVICES CO (US)
International Classes:
C09K8/035; C09K8/502; C09K8/514; C09K8/516; E21B33/138
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
RHEBERGEN, Constance, Gall (US)
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