Patent · US Expired

Use of hydrocarbon-rich gels as fracturing fluids

US5082059A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Cassella Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Friedrich Engelhardt · Frankfurt, DE
Gerlinde Ebert · Rödermark, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 1990
Grant date	Jan 21, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S507/922
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of hydrocarbon-rich gels as fracturing fluids and also to fracturing fluids which are composed of a hydrocarbon-rich gel and an auxiliary.

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