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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ron Bouwmeester, Oude Wetering, NL;
Cornelis Wouter Botermans, Utrecht, NL;
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/322 ; E21B 3/3138 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/322 ; E21B 3/3138 ;
Abstract
Methods of treating subterranean zones penetrated by well bores wherein the static temperatures of the zones are as high as 400° F. and greater include using aqueous treating fluids comprised of an aqueous liquid containing one or more inorganic monovalent salts, multivalent salts or both in an amount no greater than about 5% by weight of the aqueous liquid and one or more specific synthetic hectorite clay gelling and thixotropy imparting agents.