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Enhanced filtration control packages, wellbore servicing fluids utilizing the same, and methods of maintaining the structure of a wellbore

  • US 10,487,254 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2017
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising:

  • an aqueous base fluid;

    xanthan gum polymer; and

    a filtration control package comprising;

    from 30 wt. % to 70 wt. % of at least one carboxylic acid having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms;

    from 30 wt. % to 70 wt. % of an ethoxylated alcohol compound having a general formula,R—

    (OCH2CH2)x—

    OH;

    where;

    R is a hydrocarbon group having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms;

    x is an integer from 6 to 9; and

    the ethoxylated alcohol compound has a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value of from 12.5 to 13.5; and

    where the carboxylic acid and ethoxylated alcohol compound are present in the wellbore servicing fluid in an amount no more than 30 pounds per barrel of wellbore servicing fluid each.

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