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Self-acidifying treating fluid positioning process

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6922018
A method of positioning of a treating fluid, such as an acidifying or particle-carrying fluid, in a subterranean location is described. A viscous aqueous solution that contains a cellulose ether, a fluoride salt, and a relatively slowly reactive acid-yielding material is injected into a borehole and subsequently becomes a substantially nonviscous weakly acidic liquid that is capable of dissolving silica.
Assignee:
Shell Oil Co.
Patent Number(s):
US 3868998
OSTI ID:
6922018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English