Treating underground formations
CA 2036734 C · Owner: Surles, Billy Wayne · Inventors: Friedman, Robert Harold; Surles, Billy Wayne
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Wells penetrating oil-producing and water-producing intervals may be treated in order to reduce the flow rate of water into the well by isolating the water-producing interval and introducing into it a volume of treating fluids sufficient to invade at least six inches into the water-producing interval. Cased wells may be treated to plug holes in the casing caused by corrosion or casing breaks by introducing a treating fluid into the formation adjacent to the break. The treating fluid comprises a material which can be acid catalyzed in a period of from 1 to 16 hours at formation conditions preferably a monomer, or oligomer of furfuryl alcohol. The treating fluid contains from 40 to 60 percent …
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- Filed February 20, 1991 and granted March 9, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 2011.
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