Wells – Processes – Providing porous mass of adhered filter material in well
Patent
1993-06-16
1994-11-15
Suchfield, George A.
Wells
Processes
Providing porous mass of adhered filter material in well
166278, 166300, 252 8551, E21B 4304
Patent
active
053639162
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method of gravel packing a subterranean formation using a gel of a graft copolymer of a hydroxyalkyl cellulose prepared by a redox reaction with vinyl phosphonic acid. The gel is formed by hydrating the graft copolymer in an aqueous liquid. The gel in crosslinked by the addition of a crosslink initiator comprising a Lewis base or Bronsted-Lowry base, which is substantially free of polyvalent metal ions, to the gel in an amount sufficient to effect crosslinking of the graft copolymer. The viscosity of the crosslinked gel is reduced by contacting the gel with an acidic fluid whereby the pH of the gel is caused to decrease. The reduction in gel viscosity facilitates formation of the gravel pack.
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Himes Ronald E.
Holtmyer Marlin D.
Hunt Charles V.
Laramay Mary A. H.
Halliburton Company
Kent Robert A.
Suchfield George A.
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