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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2006.01); C09K 8/42 (2006.01); C09K 8/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/426 (2013.01); C09K 8/44 (2013.01); E21B 33/138 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of the area () surrounding a well () in which an aqueous gelling solution comprising an alkaline potassium silicate solution and an acetic acid is prepared and then injected into a subterranean formation. This aqueous gelling solution makes it possible, by virtue of these gelling properties, to block the area () surrounding the well ().