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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Steven H. Craig, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Thomas Koch, Jr., Alice, TX (US);
Robert S. Martin, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2006.01); C09K 8/524 (2006.01); E21B 37/00 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01); C09K 8/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 8/52 (2013.01); C09K 8/524 (2013.01); E21B 21/003 (2013.01); E21B 37/00 (2013.01); C09K 2208/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A barrier onto the surface of a subterranean formation may be formed by pumping into a wellbore within a well hydrophobically modified polysaccharides. A pressure differential is created between the reservoir pressure and formation pressure within the well. The micellular hydrophobically modified polysaccharides self-align onto the face of the formation to form the barrier. Flow of fluids into the subterranean formation is thereby prohibited.