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Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Tetra Technologies, Inc., Conroe, TX (US);

Inventor:

Arthur G. Mack, Conroe, TX (US);

Assignee:

TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Conroe, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/035 (2006.01); C09K 8/03 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/035 (2013.01); C09K 8/03 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); E21B 21/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of using a suppression factor fluid during a well activity is provided. The method comprising the steps of introducing a suppression factor fluid into a wellbore, the suppression factor fluid comprising an untreated monovalent brine; and a suppression sugar alcohol, the suppression sugar alcohol in an amount operable to achieve a suppression factor, wherein a density upper limitation of the suppression factor fluid is greater than the density upper limitation of the monovalent brine; and completing the well activity in the wellbore, such that the suppression sugar alcohol inhibits crystallization during the well activity.


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