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US 10,934,468 B2Granted
Storable gas generating compositions
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorB. Raghava Reddy
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Abstract
The present application provides an aqueous fluid containing a gas-generating compound such as an azo compound, a hydrazide compound, or a semicarbazide compound. The aqueous fluid may also contain an amine compound, an oxidizer, or viscosifier, and a foaming surfactant. The aqueous composition may be storable at pH of less than about 5 without any appreciable gas generation, and may be activated to produce gas when mixed with a wellbore fluid for use in downhole applications.
Claims19
An aqueous gas-generating composition comprising an azo compound of Formula (I):
- or a salt thereof, wherein:
- X1 and X2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, ORa1, and NRc1Rd1;
- each Ra1, Rc1 and Rd1 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, and C6-10 aryl;
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- an acid to adjust the pH to less than about 5, and wherein the composition is stable and storable without producing any substantial amount of gas for at least 24 hours.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.