US 12,435,255 B2
Eutectic metal alloy in drilling fluids and methods of use thereof
Arthur Herman Hale, Angleton, TX (US); Ashok Santra, The Woodlands, TX (US); and Ahmed Said Abdelaziz Amer, Katy, TX (US)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA); and NEWPARK DRILLING FLUIDS, LLC, Katy, TX (US)
Filed by ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/456,461.
Prior Publication US 2025/0066660 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. C09K 8/05 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/05 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid composition comprising:
a mixed metal oxide viscosifier;
clay viscosifier; and
solid eutectic metal alloy particles,
wherein the fluid composition has a pH in a range of from 7 to 12,
wherein the solid eutectic metal alloy is present in the fluid composition in an amount that is in a range of about 50 lbm/bbl to about 300 lbm/bbl; and
wherein the solid eutectic metal alloy particles have an average particles size ranging from 500 nm to 300 microns.