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Aqueous drilling fluid and mobility control solution for use on recovery
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1982-08-23
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Granted: 1984-08-28
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Expires: 2002-08-23
Abstract
Abstract An heteropolysaccharide known as Biopolymer PS 87 comprises glucose, galactose, mannose, glucuronic acid and fucose. Biopolymer PS 87 is pseudoplastic, has a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value at 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 . Biopolymer PS 87 is synthesized by a strain of Bacillus polymyxa or a genetically similar micro-organism and has many domestic and industrial uses as a suspending agent or thickener.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger B. Cox
- 👤 David C. Steer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-24 00:28
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/60; C09K8/84; C09K8/86; C09K8/88; C09K8/90; C09K8/905; A; A23; A23L; A23L29/00; A23L29/20; A23L29/269; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/73; A61Q; A61Q11/00; C08; C08B; C08B37/00; C08F; C08F2/00; C08F2/12; C08F2/16; C08F2/18; C09D; C09D7/00; C09D7/40; C09D7/43; C09K8/02; C09K8/04; C09K8/14; C09K8/18; C09K8/20; C09K8/206; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/20; C11D3/22; C11D3/222; C12; C12N; C12N1/00; C12N1/20; C12N1/205; C12N15/00; C12N15/09; C12N15/11; C12N15/52; C12P; C12P19/00; C12P19/04; C08L; C08L5/00; C12R; C12R2001/00; C12R2001/01; C12R2001/07; C12R2001/12; C12R2001/185; C12R2001/19; C12R2001/22; C12R2001/38; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S435/00; Y10S435/8215; Y10S435/822; Y10S435/832; Y10S435/838; Y10S507/00; Y10S507/935; Y10S507/936
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
An aqueous drilling fluid comprising an aqueous medium containing from 0.05 to 3% by weight of Biopolymer PS 87 said Biopolymer PS 87 being a heteropolysaccharide which comprises from 40 to 45% by weight of glucose, from 10 to 20% by weight galactose, from 25 to 30% by weight mannose, from 6 to 13% by weight glucuronic acid and from 0 to 1.5% by weight fucose, a 1% by weight solution of said Biopolymer PS 87 having pseudoplastic properties, a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value of 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
An aqueous drilling fluid comprising an aqueous medium containing from 0.05 to 3% by weight of Biopolymer PS 87 said Biopolymer PS 87 being a heteropolysaccharide which comprises from 40 to 45% by weight of glucose, from 10 to 20% by weight galactose, from 25 to 30% by weight mannose, from 6 to 13% by weight glucuronic acid and from 0 to 1.5% by weight fucose, a 1% by weight solution of said Biopolymer PS 87 having pseudoplastic properties, a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value of 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A drilling fluid according to claim 1, in which the aqueous medium comprises brine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
A drilling fluid according to claim 1, which further comprises oil.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method for drilling a well, which comprises the steps of injecting the drilling fluid according to claim 1 into a bore hole and circulating the fluid while drilling within the bore hold in contact with a drill bit and the underground formation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
110 words
An aqueous mobility control solution for use in oil recovery comprising an aqueous fluid of from 0.005 to 0.5% by weight of Biopolymer PS 87 said Biopolymer PS 87 being a heteropolysaccharide which comprises from 40 to 45% by weight of glucose, from 10 to 20% by weight galactose, from 25 to 30% by weight mannose, from 6 to 13% by weight glucuronic acid and from 0 to 1.5% by weight fucose, a 1% by weight solution of said Biopolymer PS 87 having pseudoplastic properties, a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value at 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
110 words
An aqueous mobility control solution for use in oil recovery comprising an aqueous fluid of from 0.005 to 0.5% by weight of Biopolymer PS 87 said Biopolymer PS 87 being a heteropolysaccharide which comprises from 40 to 45% by weight of glucose, from 10 to 20% by weight galactose, from 25 to 30% by weight mannose, from 6 to 13% by weight glucuronic acid and from 0 to 1.5% by weight fucose, a 1% by weight solution of said Biopolymer PS 87 having pseudoplastic properties, a consistency at 20° C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value at 20° C. of at least 30 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
An aqueous mobility control solution according to claim 5, which additionally comprises a salt.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process for the recovery of crude oil from an oil bearing subterraneous formation, which comprises the step of injecting into the formation to enhance the displacement of said oil from said formation a mobility control solution according to claim 5.
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