Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Complexation of calcium ions in the presence of quaternized amine compounds while acidizing a subterranean formation
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Application No.: US13893747Application Date: 2013-05-14
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Publication No.: US09725642B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Enrique Antonio Reyes , Alyssa Lynn Smith , Aaron M. Beuterbaugh
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: C09K8/72
- IPC: C09K8/72 ; C09K8/74

Abstract:
Acidizing operations in subterranean formations that contain both a siliceous material and a source of calcium ions can often be problematic due to the generation of calcium-containing precipitates, particularly calcium fluoride. Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a treatment fluid having a pH ranging between about 1 and about 4.5 and comprising a chelating agent, hydrofluoric acid or a hydrofluoric acid-generating compound, and a compound having two or more quaternized amine groups; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation containing a siliceous material and a source of calcium ions; dissolving at least a portion of the siliceous material in the subterranean formation with the hydrofluoric acid or the hydrofluoric acid-generating compound; and complexing at least a portion of the calcium ions in the subterranean formation with the chelating agent.
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