The invention provides a
tackifier for a
drilling fluid, and a preparation method and application thereof. The
tackifier is a quadripolymer formed by
polymerization of four
alkene monomers, wherein the four
alkene monomers are selected from a temperature-resistant salt-tolerant
monomer, a hydrated
monomer and an adsorptive
monomer; the temperature-resistant salt-tolerant monomer is selected from an alkenyl
sulfonic acid monomer; the hydrated monomer is selected from alkenyl
carboxylic acid, alkenyl
alkane ketone and double-bond-containing
quaternary ammonium salt compounds; and the adsorptive monomer is selected from an alkenyl
amide monomer. The
tackifier provided by the invention can
resist a high temperature of no less than 180 DEG C, is resistant to saturated salt, has remarkable tackifying effect, is low in
toxicity and
environmentally friendly, and can obviously improve the
dehydration and wall building capability of the
drilling fluid, thereby effectively reducing the
dehydration. The invention solves the downhole complexity possibly caused by the fact that the
drilling fluid system can not carry and suspend rock debris and thus can not clear boreholes in time due to
reduced viscosity shearing force as a result of poor
temperature resistance and salt tolerance of the tackifier in deep well, ultradeep well, horizontal well and extended reach well operations.