Inventors:
Syed Ali - Sugar Land TX, US
Leiming Li - Sugar Land TX, US
Paul R. Howard - Sugar Land TX, US
Sumitra Mukhopadhyay - Sugar Land TX, US
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation - Sugar Land TX
International Classification:
C09K 8/60, C09K 8/62, C09K 8/584, C09K 8/588, E21B 43/26
US Classification:
507219, 1663051, 1663081, 507244, 507248, 507250, 507252, 507259, 507261, 507263, 507266, 507904, 507922, 507924, 516 53, 516 67, 516 72, 516922
Abstract:
A well treatment microemulsion for use in a subterranean formation is disclosed, the microemulsion comprises a solvent blend comprising a solvent and a co-solvent; a surfactant blend comprising a surfactant, wherein the surfactant blend is able to give formation intermediate wettability properties; an alcohol; and a carrier fluid; wherein the alcohol, the solvent and surfactant blends are combined with the carrier fluid to produce the well treatment microemulsion. By intermediate wettability it is meant that the water has an advancing contact angle on the surface between 62 and 133 degrees. The associate method of treating a subterranean formation of a well with the microemulsion and the associate method of modifying the wettability of the formation with the microemulsion are also disclosed.