Abstract: The hydration of clays and shale in drilling operations may be inhibited by employing an aqueous based drilling fluid comprising a shale hydration inhibition agent comprising a polyaminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin resin, preferably the polyamino polyamide-epichlorohydrin resin is a reaction product of an aliphatic polyamine, an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid, and epichlorohydrin. The shale hydration inhibition agent should be present in the aqueous based drilling fluid in sufficient concentration to reduce the reactivity, such as swelling, of clays and shale when exposed to water-based drilling fluids.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 27, 2014
Publication date:
December 10, 2015
Applicants:
The Dow Chemical Company, Dow Chemical International PVT. LTD., Dow International Technology Corporation
Inventors:
Cole A. Witham, Michael K. Poindexter, Stephen W. King, Prashant Tatake