KILL FLUID FOR OIL FIELD OPERATIONSABSTRACTA flowing crosslinked polymer gel is employed as a kill fluidor as an additive to a kill fluid in a process for preventing theintrusion of formation fluid into a wellbore while minimizingwellbore fluid leakoff in the formation during conventional oilfield operations in the wellbore. The gel comprises an acarboxylate-containing polymer and a chromic carboxylatecrosslinking agent.
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