CONTROLLING SOLIDS SUSPENSION IN SLURRY

摘要

A well fluid treatment is disclosed that utilizes ethoxylated alcohols with a hydrophilic lipophilic balance between 10 and 13 and/or alkyl benzene sulfonic acid and alkyl naphthalene sulfonic acids either neutralized or non-neutralized and salts thereof either singly or in combination to assist in suspending solids such as drilling mud and cement in fluids such as water.

主权项

1. A well fluid suspension enhancer comprising:
a solid powder, a water, and at least one suspending agent,
wherein the suspending agent is one or more ethoxylated alcohols having a hydrophilic lipophilic balance between 10 and 13, alkyl benzene sulfonic acid, or alkyl naphthalene sulfonic acids.