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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Anant Kanhoba Ghumare, Maharashtra, IN;
Ramesh Uppuluri, Maharashtra, IN;
Ravikant Belakshe, Maharashtra, IN;
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/035 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/035 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/86 (2013.01);
Abstract
Controlling fluid flow in a subterranean formation containing water and hydrocarbons utilizing a Gemini surfactant introduced to the formation via a wellbore. The Gemini surfactant includes a head group having two cationic groups linked by an alkyl spacer, an amide extending from each of the cationic groups, and each amide having a hydrophobic tail extending therefrom.