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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:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank E Lowther, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166288 ; 166292 ;
Abstract
A method for treating a subterranean formation having zones of varying permeablities to alter the flow profile of the formation wherein a specific gelant (i.e. an aqueous solution of ungelled gelatin) is injected into the more permeable zones and is allowed to gel to form a flow-blocking gel therein.