Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION USING DIVERSION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/066525
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Apparatus and method comprising a plurality of particles which are magnetically attracted to one another in response to exposure to a magnetic field, and which maintain attraction to one another after removal of the magnetic field, the attraction being disabled when the particles are demagnetized, whereby the particles operate to alter the rheological properties of a fluid in which the particles are mixed when the attraction is enabled or disabled is disclosed.
Inventors:
OCALAN MURAT (US)
AUZERAIS FRANCOIS (US)
GANGULY PARTHA (US)
ROBISSON AGATHE (US)
PABON JAHIR (US)
AUZERAIS FRANCOIS (US)
GANGULY PARTHA (US)
ROBISSON AGATHE (US)
PABON JAHIR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/058295
Publication Date:
November 03, 2011
Filing Date:
November 30, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER SERVICES PETROL (FR)
SCHLUMBERGER CA LTD (CA)
SCHLUMBERGER HOLDINGS
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY BV (NL)
PRAD RES & DEV LTD
OCALAN MURAT (US)
AUZERAIS FRANCOIS (US)
GANGULY PARTHA (US)
ROBISSON AGATHE (US)
PABON JAHIR (US)
SCHLUMBERGER CA LTD (CA)
SCHLUMBERGER HOLDINGS
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY BV (NL)
PRAD RES & DEV LTD
OCALAN MURAT (US)
AUZERAIS FRANCOIS (US)
GANGULY PARTHA (US)
ROBISSON AGATHE (US)
PABON JAHIR (US)
International Classes:
G01V3/26; E21B47/00; G01N11/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2008071241A1 | 2008-06-19 |
Foreign References:
| US20030166470A1 | 2003-09-04 | |||
| US6926089B2 | 2005-08-09 | |||
| US20080060710A1 | 2008-03-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LAFFEY, Brigid (Intellectual Property Law DepartmentOne Hampshire Stree, Cambridge MA, US)
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