Guanidine- or guanidinium-containing compounds for treatment of subterranean formations
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsCato Russell McDaniel, William Walter Shumway, Eric Davidson
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed relate to guanidine- or guanidinium-containing clay or shale stabilizers for treatment of subterranean formations, in various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include placing a composition including a clay or shale stabilizer including at least one of a substituted guanidine group and a substituted guanidinium group in a subterranean formation.
Claims20
A method of treating a subterranean formation, the method comprising:
- preparing a treatment fluid comprising about 0.001 wt % to about 10 wt % substituted arginine, wherein the substituted arginine comprises at least one of the following structures:
- and wherein the variable R8 is a (C2-C5) alkyl group;
- and
- placing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
A method of treating a subterranean formation, the method comprising:
- preparing a non-emulsified, aqueous treatment fluid comprising about 0.001 wt % to about 10 wt % substituted arginine, wherein the substituted arginine comprises at least one of the following structures:
- and wherein the variable R8 is a (C2-C5) alkyl group;
- and
- placing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.