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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Catherine Martin Santos, Houston, TX (US);

Li Guo, Humble, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/28 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/28 (2013.01); B01D 17/0217 (2013.01); B01D 17/047 (2013.01); C09K 2208/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method may include: performing a treatment operation on at least a portion of a subterranean formation using an oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid that comprises an oleaginous phase and an aqueous phase; recovering at least a portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid from the portion of the subterranean formation; introducing a quaternary ammonium compound into the recovered portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid at a well site; and mechanically separating at least a portion of the recovered portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid into an oleaginous fluid and an aqueous fluid.


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