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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/88 (2006.01); C09K 8/90 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/685 (2013.01); C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 8/887 (2013.01); C09K 8/90 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/24 (2013.01); C09K 2208/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fluid including: (i) a continuous aqueous phase, wherein the continuous aqueous phase has total dissolved solids in a concentration of at least 30,000 mg/l; (ii) an alkyl amido quaternary amine; (iii) a polymer, wherein the polymer is water-soluble or water-hydratable; and (iv) a crosslinker for the polymer. The continuous aqueous phase of the fluid can include a water source selected from the group consisting of flowback water, produced water, and any combination thereof. Methods include: (A) forming a fluid according to any of the various embodiments of the disclosure, and (B) introducing the fluid into a well. For example, the fluid can be used as a fracturing fluid for fracturing a treatment zone of a well.


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