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20120325482 | ALKALINE PERSULFATE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE BREAKING OF MULTI-CHAIN POLYMER VISCOSIFIED FLUID - A persulfate compound activated by a strong base is used for low-temperature breaking of fluids viscosified with a multi-chain polysaccharide. The breaker system can be used in an oilfield or pipeline application where a multi-chain polysaccharide may be used in a fluid. It is particularly useful at low temperatures of less than 100° F. Optionally, the water can be a brine. | 12-27-2012 |
20130133892 | BREAKING DIUTAN WITH OXALIC ACID AT 180F to 220F - A method of treating a portion of a well of a well is provided. The method includes the step of forming a treatment fluid comprising: (i) a continuous aqueous phase; (ii) a viscosity-increasing agent selected from the group consisting of diutan, clarified diutan, water-soluble derivative of diutan, and any combination thereof, wherein the viscosity-increasing agent is dissolved in the aqueous phase; and (iii) a breaker comprising oxalic acid, wherein the oxalic acid is dissolved in the aqueous phase. The viscosity of the treatment fluid breaks to less than 3.0 cP in less than 72 hours when in a temperature range of 180° F. (82.2° C.) to 220° F. (104.4° C.). The method also includes the steps of introducing the treatment fluid into the portion of the well and flowing back from the portion of the well. | 05-30-2013 |
20130333886 | BREAKING DIUTAN WITH METAL ACTIVITOR DOWN TO 140 .degree.F OR LOWER - A method of gravel packing a treatment zone of a well includes the steps of: (A) forming a treatment fluid including a continuous aqueous phase and gravel, wherein the aqueous phase includes: (i) water; (ii) diutan; (iii) oxidizer in the range of 0.1% to 2% by weight of the water; (iv) organic acid in the range of 0.5% to 5% by weight of the water; and (v) transition metal compound in the range of 0.001% to 0.25% by weight of the water; and (B) introducing the treatment fluid into the treatment zone; wherein the design temperature is less than 180° F.; wherein the continuous phase of the treatment fluid has a viscosity in the range of 10 cP to 75 cP at the design temperature; and wherein the concentration of the organic acid is less than would cause the diutan to salt out at the design temperature. | 12-19-2013 |
20150232743 | ALKALINE PERSULFATE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE BREAKING OF MULTI-CHAIN POLYMER VISCOSIFIED FLUID - A persulfate compound activated by a strong base is used for low-temperature breaking of fluids viscosified with a multi-chain polysaccharide. The breaker system can be used in an oilfield or pipeline application where a multi-chain polysaccharide may be used in a fluid. | 08-20-2015 |
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20130098611 | ALKALINE PERSULFATE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE BREAKING OF POLYMER VISCOSIFIED FLUID - A persulfate compound activated by a strong base is used for low-temperature breaking of fluids viscosified with one or more water-soluble synthetic polymers, wherein the water-soluble synthetic polymers are selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamides, copolymers of polyacrylamide, derivatives of polyacrylamide or of copolymers of polyacrylamide, and any combination thereof. The breaker system can be used in an oilfield or pipeline application where such a synthetic polymer, a multi-chain polysaccharide, or combination thereof may be present in a fluid. It is particularly useful at low temperatures of less than 100° F. | 04-25-2013 |
20140119984 | WITHANOLIDE CORROSION INHIBITOR FOR CARBON STEEL - Acidic fluids used in wells or pipelines cause corrosion of carbon steel. Methods for inhibiting corrosion include contacting carbon steel with a fluid having an aqueous acidic phase including a material selected from the group consisting of: a material of a plant in the Solanaceae family, an extract of a material of a plant in the Solanaceae family, a withanolide, a source of a withanolide, a withanolide derivative, a source of a withanolide derivative, and any combination thereof. The methods have wide application in various kinds of operations involved in the production or transportation of oil and gas, such as acid stimulation in a well or remedial treatment in a pipeline. | 05-01-2014 |
20140202685 | IN-SITU ACID STIMULATION OF CARBONATE FORMATIONS WITH ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISMS - Methods of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore of a well, wherein the subterranean formation includes carbonate. The methods can include the following steps of: (1) optionally, fracturing the subterranean formation; (2) optionally, acidizing the subterranean formation with a Bronsted-Lowry acid; (3) treating the subterranean formation with an acid-producing microorganism, a nutrient for the microorganism, and, if needed, a suitable electron acceptor for respiration by the microorganism; (4) optionally, flushing the wellbore with a wash fluid to push the microorganism deeper into the subterranean formation and wash it away from the metal tubulars of the well; (5) preferably, shutting-in the well for a required incubation period for in-situ acid generation by the microorganism; and (6) preferably, after the shut-in, flowing back fluid from the subterranean formation into the wellbore. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202695 | Treatment Fluids Comprising Stabilized Heteropolysaccharides and Related Methods - Treatment fluids employing stabilized heteropolysaccharide-based gels in brines are used as part of gravel packing and combined gravel packing-fracturing operations; a method includes providing a treatment fluid which includes an aqueous brine base, a heteropolysaccharide including one selected from the group consisting of diutan, scleroglucan, and succinoglycan, and a protein present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the heteropolysaccharide and hence minimizing the salting out phenomenon, the method including placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation. | 07-24-2014 |
20140256604 | CATIONIC VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANT WITH NON-CATIONIC CORROSION INHIBITOR AND ORGANIC ANION FOR ACIDIZING - A treatment fluid and method treating a zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore. The treatment fluid includes: (i) water; (ii) a strong acid; (iii) a cationic viscoelastic surfactant; (iv) an anionic organic component having at least 4 carbon atoms; and (v) a non-cationic corrosion inhibitor; wherein the pH of the treatment fluid is less than 0.5. Preferably, the viscosity of the treatment fluid is less than 5 cP at 40 sec-1. The method includes the steps of: (A) forming the treatment fluid; (B) introducing the treatment fluid through the wellbore into the zone; and (C) allowing time for the strong acid in the treatment fluid to spend in the formation. Preferably, as the acid spends in the subterranean formation, the viscosity of the treatment fluid increases in the well to above 5 cP. Such a treatment fluid shows good rheological properties at temperatures above 93° C. (200° F.). | 09-11-2014 |
20140352945 | Degrading Wellbore Filtercake with Acid-Producing Microorganisms - A method of degrading a filtercake in an interval of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation is provided, wherein the filtercake includes a gelled or solid material that can be dissolved or hydrolyzed with an acidic fluid. The method includes the steps of: (A) introducing a treatment fluid into the interval of the wellbore, the treatment fluid comprising: (i) water; and (ii) an acid-producing anaerobic microorganism; and then (B) shutting in the interval of the wellbore. | 12-04-2014 |
20140378353 | Inhibiting Salting Out of Diutan or Scleroglucan in Well Treatment - A fluid viscosified with diutan or scleroglucan is provided for use in a well, the fluid including: (i) water; (ii) one or more salts selected from the group consisting of alkali metal halide salts, alkaline earth metal halide salts, and any combination thereof; (iii) a viscosifier selected from the group consisting of diutan, a diutan derivative, scleroglucan, a scleroglucan derivative, and any combination thereof; and (iv) a delayed-release source of a weak acid; wherein the initial pH of the fluid is at least 6. In addition, a method of treating a portion of a well includes the steps of: (A) forming such a fluid; and (B) introducing the fluid into the portion of the well. The fluid has rheological properties that can be adapted, for example, to well treatments such as gravel packing at higher temperature and in higher density brines while avoiding salting out of the viscosifier. | 12-25-2014 |