Volatile surfactant treatment for use in subterranean formation operations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10240078
APP PUB NO 20160160115A1
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14906316

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Methods including providing a treatment fluid comprising: a gas; and a volatile surfactant dispersed in the gas, wherein the volatile surfactant has a normal boiling point of less than 260° C. without substantial thermal decomposition and a dynamic surface tension of less than about 40 dynes/cm for a 0.1% solution; and intermittently introducing the treatment fluid and an aqueous fluid into a treatment zone in a subterranean formation.

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  • HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

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Gamage, Pubudu H Katy, US 9 67
McDaniel, Cato Russell Montgomery, US 65 308

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