Back to results
US 2006/0234870 A1Published application
Methods and compositions for delaying the release of treatment chemicals
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsMichael McCabe, Jim Weaver, Robert Hanes, Billy Slabaugh
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method comprising: providing at least one encaged treatment chemical that comprises a treatment chemical and a polymer carrier; placing the encaged treatment chemical into a portion of a subterranean formation; and allowing the treatment chemical to diffuse out of the encaged treatment chemical and into a portion of the subterranean formation or an area adjacent thereto.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing at least one encaged treatment chemical that comprises a treatment chemical and a polymer carrier;
- placing the encaged treatment chemical into a portion of a subterranean formation;
- and
- allowing the treatment chemical to diffuse out of the encaged treatment chemical and into the subterranean formation or an area adjacent thereto.
1 more element
An encaged treatment chemical for use in a subterranean application comprising a subterranean treatment chemical and a polymer carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.