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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
May. 26, 2010
Richard W. Pauls, Duncan, OK (US);
Thomas D. Welton, Duncan, OK (US);
David E. Mcmechan, Duncan, OK (US);
Jason Bryant, Duncan, OK (US);
Richard W. Pauls, Duncan, OK (US);
Thomas D. Welton, Duncan, OK (US);
David E. McMechan, Duncan, OK (US);
Jason Bryant, Duncan, OK (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Abstract
Some of the methods provided comprise the steps of: providing an aqueous treatment fluid that comprises a polysaccharide and a dual functional component, the aqueous treatment fluid having a first viscosity; allowing the dual functional component to interact with the polysaccharide such that the viscosity of the aqueous treatment fluid increases to a second viscosity, the second viscosity being greater than the first viscosity; placing the aqueous treatment fluid into a subterranean formation; and allowing the dual functional component to interact with the polysaccharide so as to reduce the second viscosity of the aqueous treatment fluid to a third viscosity, the third viscosity being less than the second viscosity.