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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Quidnet Energy Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Howard K. Schmidt, Hockley, TX (US);
Scott Wright, Houston, TX (US);
Dmitry Kosynkin, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Quidnet Energy, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); E21B 43/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/27 (2020.05); C09K 8/685 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
Materials for manipulating hydraulic fracture geometry. In one embodiment, the materials comprises a tip screen-out mixture, which comprises water; a hydrophilic polymer of anionic polyacrylamide, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is hydrolized at least in part; and one or more crosslinking agents selected from a group of compounds consisting of polyvalent metal cations.