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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Syed Akbar, Houston, TX (US);
Patrick R. Okell, Bellaire, TX (US);
A. Richard Sinclair, Houston, TX (US);
Syed Akbar, Houston, TX (US);
Patrick R. Okell, Bellaire, TX (US);
A. Richard Sinclair, Houston, TX (US);
Fairmount Minerals, Ltd., Chardon, OH (US);
Abstract
Described is an oil-degradable ball sealer for use in the oil and gas industry. The ball seal comprises a particular composition including ethylene and one or more alpha-olefins, prepared by an injection molding technique to provide a ball sealer which will dissolve in stimulation or wellbore fluids after stimulation operations are complete. The composition, when dissolved into wellbore fluids, does not pose a hazard or problem to aqueous wellbore fluids or further wellbore stimulations.