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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Corneliu Stanciu, Kingwood, TX (US);
Loan K. Vo, Houston, TX (US);
Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2006.01); C09K 8/514 (2006.01); C09K 8/508 (2006.01); C09K 8/512 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/514 (2013.01); C09K 8/508 (2013.01); C09K 8/512 (2013.01); E21B 33/138 (2013.01);
Abstract
Conformance fluids comprising a base fluid; and a canola protein-based hydrogel comprising a copolymer of a water-swellable polymeric material grafted onto a hydrolyzed canola protein backbone, wherein the canola protein-based hydrogel is present in the conformance fluid in an amount in the range of from about 1% to about 10% by weight of the conformance fluid.