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US 2014/0194326 A1Published application
Compositions and Methods for Treatment of Well Bore Tar
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsPhilip Wayne Livanec, Gregory Paul Perez
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Abstract
Of the many compositions and methods provided herein, one method includes contacting tar resident in a well bore with a tar stabilizer comprising an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer; and allowing the tar stabilizer to interact with the tar to at least partially reduce the tendency of the tar to adhere to a surface.
Claims20
A well bore treatment fluid comprising:
- an aqueous fluid;
- and
- an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer.
A well bore treatment fluid comprising:
- an aqueous fluid;
- and
- an emulsion-polymerized carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer in an amount of about 1% to about 10% by volume of the treatment fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.