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Well treatment using ball sealers

US5309995A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1993
Grant dateMay 10, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B33/138
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Ball sealers comprising a polyetheretherketone are introduced into a well to seal well perforations and divert fluid therein. In the preferred embodiment the ball sealers have a density less than the treating fluid.

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