Process and water-base fluid utilizing hydrophobically modified cellulose derivatives as filtrate reducers

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PATENT NO 5669456
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08673478

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The present invention relates to a process used in a well for controlling the filtration of a drilling, a completion or a workover fluid set in a well. The process comprises adding a predetermined amount of at least one hydrophobically modified cellulose derivative. In a variant of the invention, the cellulose derivative is a hydrophobically modified hydroxyethylcellulose. The invention further relates to a drilling, a completion or a workover fluid including at least one hydrophobically modified cellulose derivative, for example hydrophobically modified hydroxyethylcellulose and notably viscosifiers such as polymers or reactive clay.

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  • M-I L.L.C.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Argillier, Jean-Francois Suresnes, FR 17 86
Audibert, Annie Le Vesinet, FR 23 461
Bailey, Louise Comberton, GB3 30 696
Reid, Paul I Cambridgeshire, GB3 5 141

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