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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2005
Robert E. Hanes, Jr., Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Richard W. Pauls, Duncan, OK (US);
David E. Griffin, Marlow, OK (US);
Keith A. Frost, Duncan, OK (US);
John M. Terracina, Duncan, OK (US);
Robert E. Hanes, Jr., Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Richard W. Pauls, Duncan, OK (US);
David E. Griffin, Marlow, OK (US);
Keith A. Frost, Duncan, OK (US);
John M. Terracina, Duncan, OK (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Abstract
Methods of treating a subterranean formation comprising providing a viscosified treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid and a gelling agent, providing a breaker composition that comprises an oxidizing breaker and a breaker activator that comprises a metal and a protein, allowing the viscosified treatment fluid to interact with the breaker composition, treating the subterranean formation with the viscosified treatment fluid, and allowing a viscosity of the viscosified treatment fluid to be reduced. Further, methods of reducing the viscosity of a viscosified treatment fluids and methods of activating oxidizing breakers are also provided.