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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:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
D V Gupta, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Vernon L Franklin, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Western Company of North America, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166300 ; 166308 ; 252-8551 ;
Abstract
A method for hydraulic fracturing using crosslinked guar polymers wherein the high temperature viscosity and thermal stability of said polymers is maximized by adjusting the pH such that the cationic charge density of the polymer is at its maximum. These maximums occur for guar at a pH of 10.5 and for carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar at a pH of 10.7.