Schlumberger Technology Corporation

William Marsh Rice University

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

John Mayo

Bruno Lecerf

Thomas Horne

Jacob M Kariampally

Vicki Leigh Colvin

Cafer Tayyar Yavuz

Weiyong Yu

Methods of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore, by providing a first acidic treatment fluid comprising fibers to fracture the formation and providing a non-acidic treatment fluid comprising multiple particle size acid precursors having a first average particle size between about 3 mm and 2 cm and a second amount of acid precursors having a second average size between about 1.6 and 20 times smaller than the first average particle size or a second amount of flakes having a second average size up to 10 times smaller than the first average particle size.

Well treatment

Methods for separating magnetic nanoparticles are provided. In certain embodiments, a method is provided for separating magnetic nanoparticles comprising: providing a sample comprising a plurality of magnetic nanoparticles; passing the sample through a first magnetic field; at least partially isolating nanoparticles of the first nanoparticle size desired; altering the strength of the first magnetic field to produce a second magnetic field; and at least partially isolating nanoparticles of the second nanoparticle size desired.

Magnetic purification of a sample

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