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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shankar Subramanian, Dublin, OH (US);
Yun-peng Zhu, Columbus, OH (US);
Charles R. Bunting, Country Club Hills, IL (US);
RoseMarie E. Stewart, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Crompton Corporation, Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a gelled hydrocarbon fluid useful as a fracturing fluid in subterranean formations comprising at least one gelling agent which is a salt of a carboxylic acid having from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms. An activator which is a difunctional and/or trifunctional carboxylic acid is preferably added to control gel time.