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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Michael A. Freeman, Kingwood, TX (US);
Bethicia B. Prasek, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Robert L. Horton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Freeman, Kingwood, TX (US);
Bethicia B. Prasek, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Robert L. Horton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treating a well that includes selectively emplacing a fluid loss pill into the well, wherein the fluid loss pill includes at least one of diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, and tetraethylene glycol, and wherein the at least one of diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, and tetraethylene glycol reacts with a calcium brine present in the well to form a plug is disclosed.