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Enzymatically-treated guar gums

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5992002
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A method is described of recovering oil from an oil bearing formation by fracturing the step of inserting into the formation, at high pressure, an aqueous composition comprising guar gum in water. The guar gum is first coated and impregnated, while in the solid particulate state, with an aqueous solution of a hydrolytic enzyme.

Assignee:
Millmaster Onyx Group, Inc., New York, NY
Patent Number(s):
US 4682654
OSTI ID:
5992002
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMMINUTION
DECOMPOSITION
DEPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
ENZYMES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTURING
FRACTURING FLUIDS
FUELS
GUMS
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLYSIS
IMPREGNATION
LYSIS
MIXTURES
OIL WELLS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PETROLEUM
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
RECOVERY
SOLUTIONS
SOLVOLYSIS
STIMULATION
SURFACE COATING
SYNTHESIS
WATER
WELL STIMULATION
WELLS