TREATMENT FLUIDS CONTAINING BIODEGRADABLE CHELATING AGENTS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF

TREATMENT FLUIDS CONTAINING BIODEGRADABLE CHELATING AGENTS CAN BE USED IN VARIOUS TREATMENT METHODS. THE METHODS CAN COMPRISE PROVIDING A TREATMENT FLUID THAT COMPRISES AN AQUEOUS BASE FLUID AND A CHELATING AGENT COMPOSITION, AND INTRODUCING THE TREATMENT FLUID INTO AT LEAST A PORTION OF A SUBTERRAN...

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Hauptverfasser: WELTON, THOMAS D, REYES, ENRIQUE A
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Zusammenfassung:TREATMENT FLUIDS CONTAINING BIODEGRADABLE CHELATING AGENTS CAN BE USED IN VARIOUS TREATMENT METHODS. THE METHODS CAN COMPRISE PROVIDING A TREATMENT FLUID THAT COMPRISES AN AQUEOUS BASE FLUID AND A CHELATING AGENT COMPOSITION, AND INTRODUCING THE TREATMENT FLUID INTO AT LEAST A PORTION OF A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION. THE TREATMENT FLUIDS CAN ALSO BE USED FOR TREATMENT OF PIPES OR TUBING SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, WELL BORE PIPES OR TUBING PENETRATING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION AND ABOVE-GROUND PIPELINES. ILLUSTRATIVE BIODEGRADABLE CHELATING AGENTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, GLUTAMIC ACID DIACETIC ACID, METHYLGLYCINE DIACETIC ACID, B-ALANINE DIACETIC ACID, S,S-ETHYLENEDIAMINEDISUCCINIC ACID, IMINODISUCCINIC ACID, HYDROXYIMINODISUCCINIC ACID, ANY SALT THEREOF, ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, AND ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. THE TREATMENT FLUIDS CAN OPTIONALLY COMPRISE AN ACID, WHICH CAN INCLUDE HYDROFLUORIC ACID OR A HYDROFLUORIC ACID GENERATING COMPOUND. THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING IS