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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Preston May, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/06 (2006.01); C09K 8/03 (2006.01); C09K 8/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/06 (2013.01); C09K 8/032 (2013.01); C09K 8/035 (2013.01); C09K 2208/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and compositions including silicate shale inhibitor additives. In some embodiments, the methods include introducing a shale inhibitor additive comprising a silicate anion and a quaternary ammonium cation into a treatment fluid; introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation that comprises shale; and allowing the shale inhibitor additive to interact with the shale in the subterranean formation to at least partially inhibit the shale.