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8183183 Method of treating a wellbore at high temperature in contact with carbon dioxide  
A method for treating a subterranean formation is made of steps of providing a composition comprising a carrier fluid, a polymer viscosifying agent, carbon dioxide and a formate salt or formic...
8183185 Well servicing fluid comprising an organic salt being the product of an organic acid and an organic amine base and method of servicing a well with the fluid  
A well servicing fluid is disclosed. The well servicing fluid is formulated with components comprising: an organic salt, the organic salt being the product of an organic acid and an organic amine...
8176984 Systems and methods for downhole sequestration of carbon dioxide  
Carbon dioxide is sequestered in a formation using dual or multiple completion and injection methods that reduce or eliminates upward leak rates of the sequestered carbon dioxide. The dual or...
8176979 Injection well surveillance system  
A method and apparatus for surveying a well in real-time and responding to operational conditions in response to the surveillance. According to one or more aspects of the present disclosure a...
8173581 Mutual solvent-soluble and/or alcohol blends-soluble particles for viscoelastic surfactant fluids  
Solid, particulate dicarboxylic acids may be fluid loss control agents and/or viscosifying agents for viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluids in treatments such as well completion or stimulation in...
8171993 Water heating apparatus for continuous heated water flow and method for use in hydraulic fracturing  
A method of hydraulic fracturing of an oil producing formation includes the provision of a heating apparatus which is transportable and that has a vessel for containing water. A water stream of...
8168569 Precipitated weighting agents for use in wellbore fluids  
A method of formulating a wellbore fluid that includes precipitating a weighting agent from a solution; and adding the precipitated weighting agent to a base fluid to form a wellbore fluid is...
8167046 Method and apparatus to hydraulically bypass a well tool  
Apparatuses and methods to communicate with a zone below a subsurface safety valve (104, 204) independent of the position of a closure member (106) of the safety valve are disclosed. The...
8167037 Method and device for feeding liquefied carbon-dioxide gas into an aquifer deep underground  
A method and system for feeding liquefied carbon-dioxide gas into the ground, by which liquefied carbon-dioxide gas can be efficiently permeated and diffused in a deep aquifer. The disclosed method...
8163676 Emulsifier blend  
An oil-in-water emulsion that includes a brine continuous phase; and an oleaginous discontinuous phase stabilized by an emulsifier blend, the emulsifier blend comprising: an emulsifier having an...
8157010 Treatment of subterranean formations  
A method of preparing and using a subterranean formation stabilization agent. The stabilization agent includes a guanidyl copolymer and may be admixed with a fracturing fluid and optionally brine....
8151885 Erosion resistant flow connector  
A wellbore servicing apparatus, comprising an inlet space, a central space adjacent and in fluid communication with the inlet space along a central axis, a dome space adjacent and in fluid...
8151876 Well stimulation  
Disclosed are processes for improving recovery of product from a subterranean carbonaceous deposit wherein there has been a reduction in product recovery from a production well, the processes...
8146665 Apparatus and method for maintaining boost pressure to high-pressure pumps during wellbore servicing operations  
A wellbore services manifold trailer comprising a blender connector configured to couple to a blender, a boost pump coupled to the blender connector, a high-pressure pump suction connector coupled...
8143196 Ceramic microspheres for cementing applications  
A method and apparatus for manufacturing ceramic microspheres from industrial slag. The microspheres have a particle size of about 38 microns to about 150 microns. The microspheres are used to...
8141638 Fracturing method and apparatus utilizing gelled isolation fluid  
A method and apparatus for fracturing a formation containing a wellbore comprising the steps of (a) injecting a gel into the wellbore; (b) permitting the gel to increase in viscosity and (c)...
8141640 System, method and apparatus for enhancing wellbore treatment fluid flexibility  
A method includes performing a chemical process to create a chemical product and an amount of heat, and transferring the heat to a first fluid. The method further includes hydrating a polymer in...
8143592 Filling system for potentially hazardous materials  
Systems, devices, and methods for filling containers with radioactive materials are described. In certain embodiments, the systems comprise a shielding material that substantially defines a chamber...
8138129 Scale inhibiting particulates and methods of using scale inhibiting particulates  
Scale-inhibiting particulates formed from a mixture of fly ash and a phosphonic acid curing agent wherein the fly ash is cured into a solid material by the contact with the phosphonic acid curing...
8136595 Methods for controlling particulate flowback and migration in a subterranean formation  
Methods useful in treating subterranean formations to control particulate migration with a tacky-consolidate treatment fluid comprising a resin and a tackifying compound. One method comprises the...
8136593 Methods for maintaining conductivity of proppant pack  
Methods suitable for use in a subterranean formation utilizing particulates coated with both a tackifier and a resin.
8138127 Compositions and methods for treating a water blocked well using a nonionic fluorinated surfactant  
The present invention includes a method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation having non-connate water by contacting the hydrocarbon-bearing clastic formation with a composition that...
8122961 Apparatus and method for discharging multiple fluids downhole  
An apparatus and a method are provided for discharging a plurality of fluids downhole. In one aspect, the apparatus may include a first chamber and a second chamber separated by movable barrier,...
8122953 Drainage of heavy oil reservoir via horizontal wellbore  
Systems and methods for drainage of a heavy oil reservoir via a horizontal wellbore. A method of improving production of fluid from a subterranean formation includes the step of propagating a...
8119576 Ceramic coated particulates  
Treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations are discussed, with particular attention to those utilizing ceramic coated particulates. Certain embodiments pertain to particulates and...
8113284 Use of distributed temperature sensors during wellbore treatments  
The invention relates to a method for treating subterranean formation comprising providing distributed temperature sensors, injecting a treatment fluid and monitoring the temperature across the...
8114817 Filtercake removal composition and system  
A treatment fluid and system are disclosed for cleaning borehole filtercake using the treatment fluid, wherein the filtercake contains reservoir drilling fluid (RDF) solids. The treatment fluid...
8104536 Kerogen extraction from subterranean oil shale resources  
The present invention is directed to methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface (oil) shale formations, wherein such methods rely on fracturing and/or rubblizing portions of...
8105986 Aqueous particulate slurry compositions and methods of making same  
A sand slurry composition and a method for making sand slurries are disclosed. The sand slurry composition is comprised of sand, an aqueous liquid and a chemical compound that renders the surface...
8101554 Well treatment comprising a polymer formed from a diallyl ammonium salt and a scale inhibitor  
The present invention provides a method for increasing the retention of a scale inhibitor within a hydrocarbon producing system (e.g. a subterranean formation), said method comprising contacting...
8101556 Treatment fluids for reduction of water blocks, oil blocks, and/or gas condensates and associated methods  
The present invention provides treatment fluids useful for subterranean operations, and more particularly, in at least one aspect, a treatment fluid that comprises a carrier fluid and a cationic...
8101557 Unsaturated fatty acids and mineral oils as internal breakers for VES-gelled fluids  
Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their viscosities reduced (gels broken) by the direct or indirect action of a synergistic internal breaker composition that contains...
8097566 Methods of fracturing subterranean formations using sulfonated gelling agent polymers  
Methods of forming one or more fractures in a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore including the steps of providing a high ionic strength treating fluid that comprises water and one or...
8091644 Microemulsion or in-situ microemulsion for releasing stuck pipe  
Nanoemulsion, macroemulsions, miniemulsions, microemulsion systems with excess oil or water or both (Winsor I, II or III phase behavior) or single phase microemulsions (Winsor IV) improve the...
8091646 Single phase microemulsions and in situ microemulsions for cleaning formation damage  
Single phase microemulsions (SPMEs) and in situ-formed microemulsions may be used to clean up and remove non-polar materials from reservoir production zones of oil and gas wells. This clean up...
8091641 Method and apparatus to cement a perforated casing  
A method of and an apparatus for treating a near zone and/or a far zone of a well is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. (1) A tube that is permeable to a material is placed inside...
8091637 Proppant for use in a subterranean formation  
A method for filling an annular area within a wellbore penetrated by a subterranean formation is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) introducing a proppant into a wellbore to form a...
8090227 Purging of fiber optic conduits in subterranean wells  
Purging of fiber optic conduits in subterranean wells. A downhole optical sensing system includes an optical line, at least two tubular conduits, one conduit being positioned within the other...
8084402 Method of using ionic liquids to inhibit or prevent the swelling of clay  
An ionic liquid may be used to inhibit the swelling and/or disintegration of clay in a subterranean formation. A subterranean clay-containing formation may be treated with the ionic liquid by...
8084401 Non-volatile phosphorus hydrocarbon gelling agent  
New fluids are disclosed for use in servicing subterranean formations containing oil and gas. In particular, an improved chemical gelling additive for hydrocarbon based fracturing fluids is...
8076271 Aqueous tackifier and methods of controlling particulates  
The present invention relates to aqueous tackifiers and methods of controlling particulates in subterranean formations using aqueous tackifiers. Some embodiments of the present invention provide...
8076272 Method of making a synthetic alkylaryl sulfonate  
A process for preparing an alkylaryl sulfonate comprising (a) reacting at least one meta-xylene compound with olefin or a mixture of olefins having from about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms, in the...
8071509 Glycerol based drilling fluids  
The present invention relates to glycerol based drilling fluids. In particular, the invention relates to drilling fluids comprising a 95-20 volume % glycerol/water solution capable of stabilizing...
8069923 Top suction fluid end  
A positive displacement wellbore servicing pump having a power end and a fluid end is disclosed. The fluid end has a main chamber and a suction bore in fluid connection with the main chamber and...
8067343 Methods and compositions for preventing high density well completion fluid loss  
A method of reducing fluid loss from a wellbore that includes emplacing a fluid loss pill in the wellbore, the fluid loss pill comprising: a base fluid; a hydratable or solvatable synthetic...
8066071 Diverter valve  
Apparatus for multi-zone wellbores that can by-pass upper hydrocarbon bearing zones and deliver fluid to lower hydrocarbon bearing zones. The apparatus can include at least one housing, and at...
8066067 Apparatus and method for recovering fluids from a well and/or injecting fluids into a well  
Methods and apparatus for diverting fluids either into or from a well are described. Some embodiments include a diverter conduit that is located in a bore of a tree. The invention relates...
8056630 Methods of using viscoelastic surfactant gelled fluids to pre-saturate underground formations  
Viscoelastic surfactant (VES) based fluid systems are effective to pre-saturate high permeability subterranean formations prior to a treatment operation that would undesirably suffer from high...
8051908 Biogenic fuel gas generation in geologic hydrocarbon deposits  
A method for stimulating methane production from a carbonaceous material is described. The methods may include the step of contacting the material with cells of a methanogenic consortium under...
8053394 Drilling fluids with redispersible polymer powders  
A drilling fluid has a redispersible polymer powder introduced as a water dispersion that is capable of providing a deformable latex film on at least a portion of a subterranean sand formation and...