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Composition and method of stimulating subterranean formations

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6137421
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This patent describes a method of treating a subterranean formation containing iron comprising contacting a subterranean formation with an aqueous fluid containing a compound consisting essentially of at least one member selected from the group consisting of: dihydroxymaleic acid, salts of dihydroxymaleic acid, glucono-deltalactone present in an amount sufficient to prevent the precipitation of ferric iron during contact with the subterranean formation.
Assignee:
Halliburton Co., Duncan, OK
Patent Number(s):
US 4679631
OSTI ID:
6137421
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DISPERSIONS
DISPLACEMENT FLUIDS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUID INJECTION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
IRON COMPOUNDS
MALEIC ACID
MIXTURES
OIL WELLS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PRECIPITATION
RECOVERY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUTIONS
STIMULATION
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
WELL STIMULATION
WELLS