Use of surface-active alkyl glycoside compounds in water- and oil-based drilling fluids and other drill-hole treatment agents

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Described is the use of surface-active alkyl glycoside compounds as ecologically compatible emulsifiers of the W/O type and O/W type, respectively in, fluid and pumpable drilling fluids and other fluid drilling-hole treatment agents which comprise a continuous or a dispersed oil phase together with an aqueous phase and which are suitable for an environmentally acceptable exploitation of geological resources for example oil or natural gas deposits. The invention further relates to inverted drilling fluids which are suitable for a non-polluting exploitation of geological resources and contain a continuous oil phase and, present therein, a dispersed aqueous phase together with emulsifiers, …