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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Antonio Recio, Iii, Kingwood, TX (US);
I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, Houston, TX (US);
Denise Benoit, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/508 (2006.01); C09K 8/504 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/508 (2013.01); C09K 8/5045 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); C09K 2208/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water-based carrier-fluid system comprising a brine formed from water saturated with at least one saturation salt, a viscoelastic surfactant, and one or more salt crystals. The water-based carrier-fluid system is formed by adding the viscoelastic surfactant to the brine to produce a first mixture prior to the one or more salt crystals being added to the mixture. The salt in the salt crystals has a Ksp value equal to or greater than the saturation salt.