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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Mohamed H. Sherief, Dhahran, SA;

Ayman M. Almohsin, Dhahran, SA;

Haider J. Abulal, Dhahran, SA;

Mohammed I. Alabdrabalnabi, Al Qatif, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2006.01); E21B 33/124 (2006.01); E21B 43/32 (2006.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2013.01); E21B 33/124 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05); E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 43/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of treating a region of a subterranean formation adjacent a wellbore zone, the method including cooling the wellbore zone to a wellbore temperature below a temperature of the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, injecting a gellable treatment composition through the wellbore zone into the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, and allowing the gellable treatment composition to gel in the region to prevent or reduce flow of an unwanted fluid from the region into the wellbore zone.


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