Gelling system for hydrocarbon fluids
CA 2380357 A1 · Owner: Zhu, Yung-Peng · Inventors: Zhu, Yung-Peng; Bunting, Charles R.; Stewart, Rosemarie E.
Overview
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The present invention relates to a gelled hydrocarbon fluid useful as a fracturing fluid in subterranean formations comprising at least one gelling agent which is a salt of a carboxylic acid having from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms. An activator which is a difunctional and/or trifunctional carboxylic acid is preferably added to control gel time.
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- Filed June 23, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 23, 2020.
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