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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090255668 | Clean Fluid Systems for Partial Monolayer Fracturing Provided are methods that include a method comprising: placing a clean fluid comprising proppant particulates into a portion of a fracture in a subterranean formation, and depositing one or more of the proppant particulates into the fracture to form a partial monolayer.... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090255677 | Micro-Crosslinked Gels and Associated Methods Provided are methods that include a method comprising: providing a micro-crosslinked gel that comprises micro-domains; and placing the micro-crosslinked gel into a subterranean formation via a well bore penetrating the formation at a desired pressure. In another aspect,... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090221454 | Methods of Using Reactive Surfactants in Subterranean Operations Novel uses of reactive surfactants in treating subterranean formations and/or proppant particulates are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a surfactant-treated proppant particulate comprising a proppant particulate that comprises at least one su... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090166038 | Organic Acid Compositions and Methods of Use in Subterranean Operations Subterranean treatment fluids comprising one or more organic acids and methods of use in subterranean operations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a plurality of particulates, a gelli... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090143258 | Methods and compostions for preventing scale and diageneous reactions in subterranean formations Methods and compositions useful to prevent scale formation and/or diageneous reactivity on mineral surfaces residing or to be placed in subterranean formations, are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing an anionic polymer and a cationic surfactant... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143256 | Utilization of surfactant as conformance materials Methods for creating a fluid diverting barrier in a zone of a subterranean formation are provided. Certain methods comprise providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a viscoelastic surfactant, and a soap component; placing the treatment fluid in ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090042750 | Acidic treatment fluids comprising xanthan and associated methods Acidic treatment fluids used in industrial and/or subterranean operations, and more particularly, acidic treatment fluids comprising clarified xanthan gelling agents, and methods of use in industrial and/or subterranean operations, are provided. In one embodiment, the m... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090023617 | Friction reducer performance by complexing multivalent ions in water Embodiments relate to improving the performance of anionic friction reducing polymers in water containing multivalent ions. Exemplary embodiments relate to methods of improving the performance of anionic friction reducing polymers in a subterranean treatment, wherein th... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080289827 | Viscosified fluids for remediating subterranean damage Of the many methods and compositions provided herein, one method includes a method comprising introducing a viscosified remedial fluid comprising a base fluid, a viscosifying agent, and an oxidizer into at least a portion of a subterranean formation having damage presen... | 11/27/2008 |
