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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jimmie B Lawson, Houston, TX (US);
Edwin A Richardson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166279 ; 1663 / ; 252 / ;
Abstract
The scaling of a production well in a clay-containing reservoir is inhibited by injecting a scale inhibitor dissolved in an aqueous solution having a pH and ratio of monovalent-to-multivalent cations such that multivalent cation salts of the inhibitor are precipitated as a result of a cation-exchange within the reservoir.