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US 10,501,686 B2Granted
Methods of preparing treatment fluids comprising anhydrous ammonia for use in subterranean formation operations
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsMichael A. McCabe, Jim D. Weaver
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Abstract
Methods comprising preparing a gelled fluid comprising a base fluid, a first gelling agent, and particulates; introducing the gelled fluid into a process stream, the process stream in fluid communication with a subterranean formation; introducing anhydrous ammonia into the gelled fluid at a downstream location in the process stream, thereby forming a particulate-containing treatment fluid; and introducing the particulate-containing treatment fluid into the subterranean formation from the process stream and through the wellhead.
Claims9
A method comprising:
- preparing a gelled fluid comprising a base fluid, a first gelling agent, and particulates, the base fluid includes a viscoelastic base fluid, a hydrocolloid base fluid, or any combination thereof;
- introducing the gelled fluid into a process stream, the process stream in fluid communication with a wellhead, wherein the wellhead is in fluid communication with a subterranean formation;
- introducing anhydrous ammonia into the gelled fluid at a downstream location in the process stream prior to the wellhead, thereby forming a particulate-containing treatment fluid;
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- introducing the particulate-containing treatment fluid into the subterranean formation from the process stream and through the wellhead.
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