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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan Dirk Bossaerts, Rijswijk, NL;
Gerbrand Jozef van Eijden, Rijswijk, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166295 ; 166300 ;
Abstract
A method of treating an underground formation is provided, the method including sequential steps of: (a) contacting the formation with an aqueous medium; (b) contacting the formation with a hydrocarbon fluid; (c) contacting the formation with a solvent in the form of a glycol ether; (d) contacting the formation with a consolidation solution of between 30 and 60 % m of monomeric and/or polymeric organic polyepoxides having more than one epoxy group per molecule and between 5 and 20% m of a curing agent in the solvent; and (e) contacting the formation with a viscosified fluid containing aliphatic hydrocarbons.