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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Jay Paul Deville, Spring, TX (US);
Philip Wayne Livanec, Dayton, TX (US);
Hui Zhou, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Shale inhibiting additives for subterranean drilling and/or treatment fluids that include polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a treatment fluid including an aqueous base fluid and a shale inhibiting additive including polyvinyl alcohol; introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation to contact at least a portion of the subterranean formation that comprises shale; and allowing the shale inhibiting additive to interact with the shale in the subterranean formation to at least partially inhibit the shale.