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Breaker and displacement fluid

US10253242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

M-I L.L.C. · US

Inventors

Mark Luyster · Houston, US
LaTosha Moore · Richmond, US
Andrew G. K. Jones · Cape Town, ZA

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 15, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC09K2208/32
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A breaker fluid for breaking a filtercake in a wellbore. The fluid including a hydrolysable ester of carboxylic acid, and a chelant, an alkyl glycoside, or a combination thereof. The breaker fluid may be pre-mixed and include an amount of water less than required to completely hydrolyze the ester.

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