Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHODS OF ACTIVATING ENZYME BREAKERS
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Application No.: US15174049Application Date: 2016-06-06
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Publication No.: US20170349818A1Publication Date: 2017-12-07
- Inventor: Andrey Mirakyan , Camille Meza , Richard Donald Hutchins
- Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Main IPC: C09K8/70
- IPC: C09K8/70 ; C09K8/88 ; C09K8/68 ; E21B43/267 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A well treatment fluid is disclosed containing water, a crosslinkable component, a crosslinker; and an enzyme breaker containing a cellulase enzyme, the well treatment fluid having a total dissolved solids content of at least about 75,000 mg/L up to about 250,000 mg/L. A method of treating a subterranean formation is also disclosed including placing the well treatment fluid in the subterranean formation. It is also disclosed that the well treatment fluid can be a combination of a first fluid including water, the crosslinkable component, the crosslinker, and the enzyme breaker, and having a total dissolved content A with formation water having a total dissolved content B which is higher than the total dissolved content A of the first fluid.
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