Filtration control additive for invert emulsion drilling fluids and method of preparation

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PATENT NO 4728444
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06867083

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The present invention relates to a filtration control additive for use in invert emulsion drilling fluids; the method of preparing such additive; the invert emulsion drilling fluid produced therefrom; and a method of drilling, completing, and working over a subterranean well, utilizing such drilling fluid containing the filtration control additive which is utilized in a water-in-oil, emulsion-type subterranean drilling fluid. The additive comprises the pyrolyzed product obtained by intermixing and heating a finely divided humic acid-containing material and a primary amine having an alkyl radical of 10 to 20 carbon atoms or a primary amine having one alkyl-substituted phenyl radical, the alkyl radical having 10 to 20 carbon atoms. The amine may also be a secondary amine having at least one alkyl radical of 8 to 20 carbon atoms.

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MILCHEM INCORORATED3900 ESSEX LANE A CORP OF DE HOUSTON TX 77027

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clapper, Dennis K Houston, TX 32 711
Salisbury, Darrell P Sugarland, TX 8 149

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