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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abdullah Mohammed Al Moajil, Ad Dammam, SA;
Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, College Station, TX (US);
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, , SA;
Abstract
Disclosed is a filter cake removal composition, and method of use thereof, for use in a wellbore for controlled removal of a filter cake present in a target production zone. The filter cake removal composition includes hydrochloric acid and an organic acid. The filter cake removal composition, when a mixture of the hydrochloric acid and the organic acid is applied to the filter cake in the target production zone, is operable to dissolve the filter cake in the target production zone over an extended reaction time. The mixture includes the hydrochloric acid present in an amount of between about 0.1% and 5% by weight and the organic acid present in an amount of between about 0.1% and 10% by weight.