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Method for the use of nitrates and nitrate reducing bacteria in hydraulic fracturing

US9683433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2015
Grant dateJun 20, 2017
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K2208/28
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.

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