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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stanley Nemec Milam, Houston, TX (US);
Erik Willem Tegelaar, Rijswijk, NL;
John Justin Freeman, Pattison, TX (US);
Richard B. Taylor, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/14 (2006.01); E21B 37/06 (2006.01); C09K 8/524 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 37/06 (2013.01); C09K 8/524 (2013.01); E21B 21/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation comprising: providing an asphaltene solvent, wherein the asphaltene solvent comprises at least 75 mol % dimethyl sulfide and introducing the asphaltene solvent into the wellbore.