Delayed breaking of gelled hydrocarbon fracturing fluid
CA 2199169 C · Owner: Clearwater, Inc. · Inventors: Smith, Kevin W.; Thomas, Todd R.
Overview
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Hydrocarbon fracturing fluids are made by combining organic phosphate esters with polyvalent metal salts in hydrocarbon carriers to form gels; breaking of the gel is retarded or otherwise controlled over a wide range of water concentrations through the use of slowly soluble alkaline earth metal compounds, preferably hard burned magnesium oxide which may be added along , with the gel component.
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- Filed October 18, 1996 and granted March 13, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 2016.
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