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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Scott G. Nelson, Cypress, TX (US);
D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Anna Jensen, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Dorianne Arlene Castillo, Humble, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01); C09K 8/508 (2006.01); E21B 33/138 (2006.01); C09K 8/536 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/44 (2006.01); C09K 8/575 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/72 (2006.01); C09K 8/76 (2006.01); C09K 8/88 (2006.01); C09K 8/92 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2013.01); C09K 8/44 (2013.01); C09K 8/508 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 8/5751 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/70 (2013.01); C09K 8/725 (2013.01); C09K 8/76 (2013.01); C09K 8/88 (2013.01); C09K 8/92 (2013.01); E21B 43/261 (2013.01);
Abstract
The flow of a fluid may be diverted from a high permeability zone to a low permeability portion of a subterranean formation by use of particulates comprising a mixture of (i) at least one aliphatic polyester having the general formula of repeating units: where n is an integer between 75 and 10,000 and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, acetyl, heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; and