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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:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cruise K Jones, Houston, TX (US);
Grahame N Taylor, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals, L.P., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
507238 ; 507922 ; 516104 ; 166308 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to a gelling agent composition comprising the reaction product of a high molecular weight gelling agent additive, a low molecular weight phosphate diester acid, and a Group II or Group III metal salt, to methods of preparing the gelling agent composition, to a gelled hydrocarbon liquid comprising the gelling agent composition and to a method of fracturing subterranean formations using the gelled hydrocarbon liquid.