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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2020
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Tatyana V. Khamatnurova, Spring, TX (US);
Paul Joseph Jones, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Douglas Hillard, Houston, TX (US);
Melissa Christine Weston, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for removing a gel from wellbore equipment. An example method includes introducing a cleaning fluid into the wellbore equipment comprising the gel disposed therein or thereon. The cleaning fluid includes a brine having a total dissolved solids concentration of between about 30K ppm to about 300K ppm. The method further includes contacting the gel with the cleaning fluid in the wellbore equipment, and removing the gel and the cleaning fluid from the wellbore equipment.