Patent ID: 11905457
Assignee: GAPS TECHNOLOGY, LLC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  E | IPC C  E

Claim 4:
5. A modified drilling mud comprising: a drilling mud selected from a group consisting of oil-based mud (OBM); and a liquid treatment composition including water, collectively 35-55 weight percent of one or more hydroxide compounds and 0.5-4 wt. %, of a chelating agent,
wherein a ratio of the liquid treatment composition to the drilling mud in the modified drilling mud is in a range of 10 gallons of the liquid treatment composition per 42,000 gallons of drilling mud to 100 gallons of the liquid treatment composition per 42,000 gallons of drilling mud, and
wherein the chelating agent is ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA).