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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

May. 03, 2011
Applicants:

Natalia Collins, Spring, TX (US);

Kingsley Nzeadibe, Houston, TX (US);

Stephen W. Almond, Spring, TX (US);

Carl Thaemlitz, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Natalia Collins, Spring, TX (US);

Kingsley Nzeadibe, Houston, TX (US);

Stephen W. Almond, Spring, TX (US);

Carl Thaemlitz, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 37/06 (2006.01); C09K 8/508 (2006.01); C09K 8/524 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/508 (2013.01); C09K 8/524 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising: (a) providing a filter cake on a surface in a subterranean formation, the filter cake comprising a polymer and a bridging agent; (b) providing a filter cake clean-up fluid that comprises an aqueous fluid and L-glutamic acid N,N-diacetic acid; and (c) contacting the filter cake with the filter cake clean-up fluid so that a portion of the subterranean formation neighboring the filter cake has a regain permeability of at least about 86%.


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