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Methods for reducing the viscosity of treatment fluids
   
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US Patent 7334640
Issued Date
February 26, 2008
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Methods of treating a subterranean formation comprising providing a viscosified treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid and a gelling agent, providing a breaker composition that comprises an oxidizing breaker and a breaker activator that comprises a metal and a protein, allowing the viscosified treatment fluid to interact with the breaker composition, treating the subterranean formation with the viscosified treatment fluid, and allowing a viscosity of the viscosified treatment fluid to be reduced. Further, methods of reducing the viscosity of a viscosified treatment fluids and methods of activating oxidizing breakers are also provided.
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Published
February 26, 2008
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11/030,697
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January 6, 2005
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166/300   166/308.2 166/308.3 507/921
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E21B   43/25   (20060101)  
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