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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Applicant:
Liz Morris, Aberdeen, GB;
Inventor:
Liz Morris, Aberdeen, GB;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/22 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation including injecting a scale inhibiting well treating fluid into a well, wherein the well treating fluid includes a self-diverting acid that includes about 1% to 20% by volume of at least one viscoelastic surfactant selected from a family of compounds described by where Rcontains at least 10 carbon atoms, p=1-6, Rcontains 1-6 carbon atoms and Rcontains 1-6 carbon atoms; and up to about 20% by weight scale inhibitor.