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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Mark Sanders, Banchory, GB;
David Antony Ballard, Stonehaven, GB;
Arvind D. Patel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jason T. Scorsone, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mark Sanders, Banchory, GB;
David Antony Ballard, Stonehaven, GB;
Arvind D. Patel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jason T. Scorsone, Houston, TX (US);
Assignees:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
M-I Drilling Fluids U.K. Limited, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/24 (2006.01); C09K 8/02 (2006.01); C09K 8/22 (2006.01); C09K 8/54 (2006.01); C09K 8/32 (2006.01); C09K 8/34 (2006.01); C09K 8/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/524 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/50 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/50 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 2208/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a formation that includes exposing a region of the formation occupied by a hydrolysable gel to a hydrolyzing agent; and allowing sufficient time for the hydrolyzing agent to hydrolyze the gel. Various methods may also include the use of a swelling agent to allow for expansion of the gel.