METHOD FOR TREATING A FRACTURED FORMATION WITH A NON-IONIC FLUORINATED POLYMERIC SURFACTANT

TitleMETHOD FOR TREATING A FRACTURED FORMATION WITH A NON-IONIC FLUORINATED POLYMERIC SURFACTANT
Publication TypePatent
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsPope, G. A., V. Bang, and M. M. Sharma
Published SourceUS Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database
Patent Version Number8043998
Application Number12532689
Date Published10/2011
AssigneeBOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
CountryU.S.A.
Patent TypePatent Assignment 024594/0363
Patent Number8043998
Other Numbers20100137169
KeywordsChemical Well Stimulation: Solvents and Surfactants, Condensate Banking / Productivity of Gas Condensate Wells, Water Blocking in Low Permeability Gas Sands
Abstract

The present invention includes compositions and methods of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation, the formation having at least one fracture, by contacting the fracture with a composition that includes a solvent and a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant, wherein the composition interacts with at least a portion of the proppants in the fracture.

URLhttp://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8043998.PN.&OS=PN/8043998&RS=PN/8043998
Issue Date

Patent 8043998 Oct 25, 2011

Publication 20100137169 Jun 3, 2010

Applicaiton 12532689 Jan 27, 2010

Attorney/Agent

CHALKER FLORES, LLP
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