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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Steve F. Wilson, Loco, OK (US);
Jimmie D. Weaver, Duncan, OK (US);
Karen Savery, Duncan, OK (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/60 (2006.01); B01F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Additives that may be useful in preventing fluid loss in certain subterranean formations and associated methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, the methods of the present invention comprise: providing a low molecular weight crosslinkable polymer and a crosslinking agent capable of crosslinking the low molecular weight crosslinkable polymer; and introducing the low molecular weight crosslinkable polymer and the crosslinking agent into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.