US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL, NEWPARK DRILLING FLUIDS on Oct. 7 for "Eutectic metal alloy in drilling fluids and methods of use thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,255, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and NEWPARK DRILLING FLUIDS LLC (Katy, Texas).

"Eutectic metal alloy in drilling fluids and methods of use thereof" was invented by Arthur Herman Hale (Angleton, Texas), Ashok Santra (The Woodlands, Texas) and Ahmed Said Abdelaziz Amer (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid composition including a mixed metal oxide viscosifier, a clay viscosifier, and solid eutectic metal alloy particles. A method including pumping a drilling fluid downhole in a wellbore. The drilling fluid including water, a mixed metal oxide viscosifier, a clay visc...