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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dustin L Free, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 / ; 166283 ; 166308 ; 252316 ;
Abstract
As an aqueous fracturing fluid is pumped into a well bore penetrating a subterranean formation a galactomannan gum, a buffer which promotes an initial acidic pH in the fluid, a borate ion releasing compound and a compound which functions to shift the pH of the fluid to the basic side after a certain short period of time are dispersed into the fluid. The resulting viscous fracturing fluid is employed to fracture a subterranean formation to, for example, stimulate the flow of fluids therefrom.