CPC C09K 8/035 (2013.01) [C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 2208/04 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. An altered drilling fluid, comprising:
a water-based drilling fluid or an oil-based drilling fluid; and
a lost circulation material (LCM), wherein the LCM consists of a plurality of date tree waste fibers produced from at least one of: date tree trunks, date tree rachis, date tree leaves, date tree leaflets, and date tree roots, wherein each of the plurality of date tree waste fibers has a length in the range of 5 millimeters (mm) to 15 mm, a diameter in the range of 0.5 millimeters (mm) to 0.8 mm, and an aspect ratio in the range of 6 to 30, and the plurality of date tree waste fibers have a moisture content of less than 3% by weight, wherein the plurality of date tree waste fibers have a concentration of at least 30 pounds-per-barrel (ppb) in the altered drilling fluid.
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