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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Multi-chem Group, Llc, San Angelo, TX (US);

Inventors:

Liang Xu, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Paul Lord, Cypress, TX (US);

Scott Gale, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:

Multi-Chem Group, LLC, Houston, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods having friction reducer compositions for use in subterranean treatment fluids are presented. An embodiment is a method comprising: (A) forming a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid, a friction reducer, and an alkaline buffering agent, wherein the treatment fluid has a pH in the range of about 7 to about 10; and (B) injecting the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enhance one or more fractures within the subterranean formation.


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