Patent ID: 9410065
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: C04B,C09K,E21B

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: circulating a wellbore fluid in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the wellbore fluid having a density of about 7 ppg to about 50 ppg and comprising a base fluid and a plurality of precipitated particles having a shape selected from the group consisting of ovular, substantially ovular, discus, platelet, flake, toroidal, dendritic, acicular, spiked with a substantially spherical or ovular shape, spiked with a discus or platelet shape, rod, fibrous, polygonal, faceted, and star shaped, wherein individual particles of the plurality of precipitated particles comprise a substantially homogenous domain of two or more precipitates selected from the group consisting of BaCO