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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Dammam, SA;
Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah, Dammam, SA;
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/512 (2006.01); C09K 8/504 (2006.01); C09K 8/518 (2006.01); C09K 23/00 (2022.01); C09K 23/34 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/518 (2013.01); C09K 8/5045 (2013.01); C09K 8/512 (2013.01); C09K 23/002 (2022.01); C09K 23/017 (2022.01); C09K 23/34 (2022.01);
Abstract
A system and method for water shutoff, including providing a treatment fluid including a polymer and a nitrogen-generating compound through a wellbore into a water zone in a subterranean formation, generating nitrogen gas in the water zone by a reaction of the nitrogen-generating compound, generating foam from the nitrogen gas and the treatment fluid in the water zone to give foamed polymer in the water zone, and sealing the water zone with the foamed polymer.