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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:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Applicants:
Bentley J. Palmer, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Diankui Fu, Missouri City, TX (US);
Roger Card, Paris, FR;
Matthew J. Miller, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bentley J. Palmer, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Diankui Fu, Missouri City, TX (US);
Roger Card, Paris, FR;
Matthew J. Miller, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B021/00 ; C09K003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for treating a wellbore (or well casing) and the contiguous wellbore area to remove scale (mineral deposits comprised of, e.g., BaSO4, CaCO3, etc.) in the context of hydrocarbon recovery and other applications is disclosed, said method including contacting the scale with a fluid comprised of an ionic liquid or liquids.