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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:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Applicants:
Joseph E. Thompson, Houston, TX (US);
Joel L. Boles, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joseph E. Thompson, Houston, TX (US);
Joel L. Boles, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
BJ Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 706 ; C11D 100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Gelled organic compositions and methods for using same. The gelled compositions may be liquid organic fluids, such as gelled liquid hydrocarbons, formed from a mixture of an organic-base fluid, a carboxylic acid, and one or more metal source compounds, such as a metal salt of carboxylic acid. The gelled compositions may be used in variety of applications including, but not limited to, oil field, pipeline and processing facility applications.