Liquid gelling agent concentrates and methods of treating wells therewith
OwnerMichael McCabe, Billy Slabaugh +1inventors
InventorsMichael McCabe, Billy Slabaugh, Matthew Blauch
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Abstract
The present invention provides liquid gelling agent concentrates and methods of treating wells therewith. A liquid gelling agent concentrate of this invention comprises an environmentally safe hydrocarbon carrier liquid, an organophillic clay suspending agent, a surfactant for dispersing the organophillic clay suspending agent in the carrier liquid and a particulate aqueous fluid gelling agent suspended in the carrier liquid.
Claims33
A liquid gelling agent concentrate comprising:
- an environmentally safe hydrocarbon carrier liquid;
- an organophillic clay suspending agent;
- a surfactant for dispersing said organophillic clay suspending agent in said carrier liquid;
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- a particulate aqueous fluid gelling agent suspended in said carrier liquid.
A method of treating a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore using a viscous aqueous treating fluid comprising the steps of:
- (a) mixing a liquid gelling agent concentrate with an aqueous fluid to thereby form a viscous aqueous treating fluid, said liquid gelling agent concentrate comprising an environmentally safe hydrocarbon carrier liquid, an organophillic clay suspending agent, a surfactant for dispersing said organophillic clay suspending agent in said carrier liquid and a particulate aqueous fluid gelling agent suspended in said carrier liquid;
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- (b) introducing said viscous aqueous treating fluid into said subterranean zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.