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STABILIZED SALTY WELL FLUID [1 record]

Record 1 2019-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

An aqueous clay base drilling fluid containing a substantial amount of dissolved inorganic salts [and] stabilized against flocculation by the addition of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or ammonium salt of a sulfated ethylene oxide adduct of long chain fatty alcohols.

Key term(s)
  • stabilised salty well fluid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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