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US 2018/0022984 A1Published application
Activators for inorganic oxide breakers
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsRajender SALLA, Jag PRAVESH
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Abstract
Of the methods provided herein, is a method comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid, an inorganic oxidizer and an activator selected from the group consisting of N-acyl caprolactam based activators, substitutes benzoyl caprolactam based activators and mixtures thereof are provided; and preparing the treatment fluid for use in a down-hole operation, where the down-hole operation is either a gel breaking operation or a formation conditioning operation.
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A method comprising:
- providing a treatment fluid comprising:
- an aqueous base fluid;
- an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of peroxides, persalts, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, perphosphates, hypochlorite salts and combinations thereof;
- and
- an activator selected from the group consisting of N-acyl caprolactam based activators, substitutes benzoyl caprolactam based activators and combinations thereof;
- and
- introducing the treatment fluid into a treatment zone of a well for use in a down-hole operation.
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A method comprising:
- providing a treatment fluid comprising:
- an aqueous base fluid;
- an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of peroxides, persalts, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates, perphosphates, hypochlorite salts and combinations thereof;
- and
- an activator selected from the group consisting of N-acyl caprolactam based activators, substitutes benzoyl caprolactam based activators and combinations thereof, and
- wherein the oxidizing agent and activator are encapsulated prior to introducing the oxidizing agent and activator into a treatment zone of a subterranean formation;
- and
- introducing the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation to remove contaminates from at least a portion of the treatment zone to form a cleaned portion of the subterranean formation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.