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8183179 System, method, and apparatus for acid fracturing with scale inhibitor protection  
A method for treating a subterranean formation includes forming a treatment fluid including a carrier fluid, a solid acid-precursor, and a solid scale inhibitor. The solid acid-precursor includes a...
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...
8091639 Geothermal well diversion agent formed from in situ decomposition of carbonyls at high temperature  
A method of selectively blocking fractures in a subterranean formation by injecting a diversion agent into the well is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method comprises injecting a...
8030254 System, method, and apparatus for utilizing divalent brines in viscosified well treatment fluids  
A method includes providing a wellbore treatment fluid having a divalent brine and an amount of polymer and lowering a pH value of the treatment fluid. The method further includes retaining the...
7994103 Method for controlled placement of chemicals and composition useful for practicing same  
Disclosed is a method for introducing additives into formation fluid from an oil and gas well in or moving through equipment and systems located downstream from the oil and gas well. The method is...
7987907 Hydrocarbon recovery process  
Method for increasing the recovery of crude oil from a reservoir containing at least one porous and permeable subterranean formation wherein the formation includes sandstone rock and at least one...
7989400 Viscosified treatment fluids comprising scleroglucan or diutan and associated methods  
The invention provides a method for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of formulating a treatment fluid and introducing the treatment fluid...
7947633 Polycationic viscoelastic compositions  
Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the...
7939471 Subterranean treatment fluids comprising viscoelastic surfactant gels  
Among many things, in some embodiments, improved viscoelastic surfactant gels that comprise non-aqueous tackifying agents, and their associated methods of use, are provided. In one embodiment, the...
7915205 Single fluid acidizing treatment  
An acidizing formulation for use in the stimulation of hydrocarbon production is stable when packaged and stored as a single fluid for periods exceeding one year. The formulation contains a...
7906462 Mutual solvent system and method for improved oil and gas permeability in high temperature formations  
A method of acidizing and cleaning up a formation is disclosed, the formation being above 150 degrees C. The formation is treated with a mutual solvent system comprising a mutual solvent of oil and...
7902124 Self-diverting acid treatment with formic-acid-free corrosion inhibitor  
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore of a well having iron-containing components is carried out by introducing a treatment fluid into the wellbore of the well. The...
7884057 Polycationic viscoelastic compositions  
Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the...
7879769 Polycationic viscoelastic compositions  
Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the...
7855168 Method and composition for removing filter cake  
The current disclosure describes a multifunctional fluid that addresses a new concept in the removal of filter cake. A composition is disclosed comprising: a carrier fluid, a surfactant, a fluorine...
7846878 Friction reducer performance in water containing multivalent ions  
A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method that comprises: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid...
7846877 Methods for treating a well using a treatment fluid containing a water-soluble polysaccharide, a water-soluble salt, and urea  
Methods are provided for treating a portion of a well and include the steps of: (a) forming a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous solution, wherein the aqueous solution comprises: (i) water; (ii)...
7829508 Methods and compositions of controlling the rheology of a diutan-containing well treatment fluid at high temperatures  
The invention provides a method for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of formulating a treatment fluid and introducing the treatment fluid...
7829510 Sand aggregating reagents, modified sands, and methods for making and using same  
A composition for treating solid materials is disclosed, where the treating compositions coats surfaces or portions of surfaces of the solid materials changing an aggregation or agglomeration...
7789160 Addition of nonionic surfactants to water soluble block copolymers to increase the stability of the copolymer in aqueous solutions containing salt and/or surfactants  
An aqueous fluid useful for the recovery of crude oil from a subterranean formation, which includes a composition including a mixture of water, a water soluble block copolymer, an inorganic salt...
7776796 Methods of treating wellbores with recyclable fluids  
Methods for treating wellbores using fluids containing a sphingan heteropolysaccharide which contributes viscosity stability and a decrease in friction pressure. Some methods are clean-out...
7772165 Polycationic viscoelastic compositions  
Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the...
7749945 Invert emulsion drilling fluid systems comprising an emulsified aqueous phase comprising dispersed integral latex particles  
An invert emulsion fluid system and a method of performing petroleum recovery operations using an invert emulsion fluid system.
7740066 Additives for high alumina cements and associated methods  
The present invention includes methods and compositions that include a composition comprising a high alumina cement; a salt comprising at least one salt selected from the group consisting of an...
7704927 Method of acid fracturing a sandstone formation  
Methods and compositions useful in acidizing a subterranean formation with an oil-in-water emulsion that includes a sulfonate ester, a fluoride salt, a proppant, and water. The reaction of the...
7666821 Self-diverting pre-flush acid for sandstone  
Embodiments of the Present Invention relate to a reversibly thickenable non-polymeric fluid that has low viscosity in strong acid, gels when the acid concentration is reduced by only a small...
7651982 Methods and aqueous acid solutions for acidizing wells containing sludging and emulsifying oil  
Methods and aqueous acid solutions for acidizing wells containing sludging and emulsifying oil are disclosed. An aqueous acid solution of the invention comprises water, hydrochloric acid, a...
7635028 Acidic internal breaker for viscoelastic surfactant fluids in brine  
Compositions and methods are given for delayed breaking of viscoelastic surfactant gels inside formation pores, particularly for use in hydraulic fracturing. Breaking inside formation pores is...
7629296 Composition and method for thickening heavy aqueous brines with cationic guar  
A process of preparing a well servicing fluid comprising viscosifying a heavy brine by contacting with a cationic polysaccharide and a composition thereof.
7622430 Delayed-gelation solution  
The invention concerns an aqueous delayed-gelation solution for use in hydrocarbon wells. According to the invention, the aqueous delayed-gelation solution a dissolved metal salt which, in use,...
7595282 Methods and compositions of controlling the rheology of a diutan-containing well treatment fluid at high temperatures  
The invention provides a method for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of formulating a treatment fluid and introducing the treatment fluid...
7579302 Friction reducer performance by complexing multivalent ions in water  
Embodiments relate to improving the performance of anionic friction reducing polymers in water containing multivalent ions. Exemplary embodiments relate to methods of improving the performance of...
7575054 Self diverting matrix acid  
A method is described for treating a subterranean formation with a low viscosity fluid system that contains a viscoelastic surfactant at a concentration too low to viscosify the fluid, but that is...
7544641 Rapid setting plugging compositions for sealing subterranean formations  
Rapid setting plugging compositions comprising oil, clay, magnesium chloride, and magnesium oxide powder are provided for sealing permeable zones in subterranean formations. The permeable zones may...
7531484 Methods and solutions for removing HEC-based CFLA from a subterranean formation  
The current invention provides a novel downhole maleic acid solution suitable for restoring fluid permeability to subterranean formations that were previously treated with chemical fluid loss...
7517835 Surfactant-polymer compositions for enhancing the stability of viscoelastic-surfactant based fluid  
Compositions for increasing the thermal and pressure stability of well fluids viscosified using viscoelastic surfactants, the compositions including an effective amount of an oligomeric or...
7468469 Dissolved oxygen releasing compound  
A dissolved oxygen releasing blend is disclosed utilizing magnesium peroxide blended with powdered Bentonite and/or vegetable oil. The Bentonite (or other clay material) reduces the hydraulic...
7419938 Process for treating an oil well  
A method of treating a subterranean formation, the method comprising: (A) injecting down a well bore into the formation an admixture of (a) an emulsion having an internal aqueous phase comprising a...
7392846 Silicate-containing additives for well bore treatments and associated methods  
Methods and compositions for use in subterranean operations, and more particularly, additives comprising one or more silicates used to treat tar resident in a well bore, and methods of use, are...
7384893 Cement compositions with improved fluid loss characteristics and methods of cementing in surface and subterranean applications  
Cement compositions comprising an improved fluid loss control additive are provided. The cement compositions are suitable for use in surface and subterranean applications. The cement compositions...
7341107 Viscoelastic acid  
An acidic viscoelastic surfactant fluid composition is formulated with an acid, for example hydrochloric acid, a cationic surfactant, for example a quaternary amine, and a break-enabling salt, for...
7316275 Well treating compositions containing water superabsorbent material and method of using the same  
A well treating composition containing a polysaccharide-based water-superabsorbent material has particularly applicability as a thermal insulating, fracturing or acid stimulation fluid. The...
7288505 Fluid system having controllable reversible viscosity  
This Invention relates to methods of treating a subterranean hydrocarbons reservoir comprising contacting the formation with a treating fluid comprising an aqueous solution, an acid, a surfactant...
7275596 Method of using degradable fiber systems for stimulation  
A method for minimizing the amount of metal crosslinked viscosifier necessary for treating a wellbore with proppant or gravel is given. The method includes using fibers to aid in transporting,...
7273832 Alkali metal tungstate compositions and uses thereof  
Fluids, such as completion fluids, containing at least one alkali metal tungstate and optionally at least one chelating agent are described. Methods of removing a filter cake from a well bore...
7262154 Methods and compositions for breaking viscosified fluids  
Improved methods for treating and for fracturing subterranean formations and the fluid compositions are provided. The viscosity of a treating fluid containing gelling agents is broken, even at...
7237609 Methods for producing fluids from acidized and consolidated portions of subterranean formations  
A method of stimulating and stabilizing an area of a subterranean formation comprising placing an acid fluid into an area of a subterranean formation and allowing the acid to at least partially...
7223719 Breaker composition and process  
A process for reducing the viscosity of fracturing fluids in downhole oilfield operations is provided. The process comprises contacting a sulfamate stabilized, bromine-based breaker with an aqueous...
7216704 Methods and compositions for breaking viscosified fluids  
Improved methods for treating and for fracturing subterranean formations and the fluid compositions are provided. A method presented herein is a method of reducing the viscosity of a viscosified...
7211550 Compositions for controlling scaling and completion fluids  
An aqueous-based composition containing cesium formate and at least one chelating agent is described. Methods of removing scaling deposits, which may include alkaline earth metal sulfates, present...
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