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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Ryan G. Ezell, Spring, TX (US);
Ryan Van Zanten, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ryan G. Ezell, Spring, TX (US);
Ryan Van Zanten, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/12 (2006.01); C09K 8/035 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/035 (2013.01); C09K 8/12 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 2208/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polymeric additives used with viscoelastic surfactants, fluids comprising such additives and viscoelastic surfactants, and associated methods of use, are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a viscoelastic surfactant, and an amphiphilic polymer, the amphiphilic polymer comprising a hydrophobic component, and a hydrophilic component comprising at least 15 monomer units; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.