Composition for acidizing subterranean formations
US4169797A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1977 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 1997 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S507/933
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Gelled acidic compositions suitable for either matrix-acidizing or fracture-acidizing of subterranean formations, and methods of using said compositions in acidizing operation, are provided. Said compositions comprise water, a water-soluble cellulose ether, an acid, a water-soluble compound of a polyvalent metal wherein the metal can be reduced to a lower polyvalent valence state and cause gelation of the water containing said cellulose ether and said acid, and a reducing agent capable of reducing said metal and causing said gelation.
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