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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2005
Applicants:

Dean Willberg, Moscow, RU;

Marina Bulova, Moscow, RU;

Christopher N. Fredd, Missouri City, TX (US);

Alexey Vostrukhov, Nizhny, RU;

Curtis L. Boney, Houston, TX (US);

John Lassek, Katy, TX (US);

Ann M. W. Hoefer, Houston, TX (US);

Philip F. Sullivan, Bellaire, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dean Willberg, Moscow, RU;

Marina Bulova, Moscow, RU;

Christopher N. Fredd, Missouri City, TX (US);

Alexey Vostrukhov, Nizhny, RU;

Curtis L. Boney, Houston, TX (US);

John Lassek, Katy, TX (US);

Ann M. W. Hoefer, Houston, TX (US);

Philip F. Sullivan, Bellaire, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for well treatment by forming a temporary plug in a fracture, a perforation, a wellbore, or more than one of these locations, in a well penetrating a subterranean formation is provided, in which the method of well treatment includes: injecting a slurry comprising a degradable material, allowing the degradable material to form a plug in a perforation, a fracture, or a wellbore in a well penetrating a formation; performing a downhole operation; and allowing the degradable material to degrade after a selected time such that the plug disappears.


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