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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Hongyu Luo, Duncan, OK (US);
Dwight D. Fulton, Duncan, OK (US);
Inventors:
Hongyu Luo, Duncan, OK (US);
Dwight D. Fulton, Duncan, OK (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/42 (2006.01); B29C 45/73 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C09K 8/50 (2006.01); C09K 8/76 (2006.01); E21B 33/138 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/62 (2013.01); C09K 8/50 (2013.01); C09K 8/76 (2013.01); E21B 33/138 (2013.01); Y10S 507/922 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of making a degradable ball composition comprising a carboxylic acid, a fatty alcohol, a fatty acid salt, a fatty ester, or a combination thereof comprising the steps of: forming a thermoplastic mass, and allowing the thermoplastic mass to cool as to form a degradable ball that is introduced in subterranean treatments by a carrier fluid.