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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Diverter acid fluid composition for the stimulation of reservoirs b...
- Patent number 12,319,873
- Issue date Jun 3, 2025
- Petroleo Brasileiro S/A - Petrobras
- Renato Nunes de Souza
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Methods for making and using retarded acid compositions for well st...
- Patent number 12,312,537
- Issue date May 27, 2025
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Xiangdong Qiu
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Ionic liquids for hydrocarbon reservoir stimulation
- Patent number 12,305,497
- Issue date May 20, 2025
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Faisal M. Alissa
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Polyester diverting agents for low-temperature oil wells
- Patent number 12,291,673
- Issue date May 6, 2025
- Stepan Company
- Douglas Kip Hillshafer
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Compositions useful for diverting or stopping fluids in subterranea...
- Patent number 12,234,407
- Issue date Feb 25, 2025
- Finoric, LLC
- Ambrish Kamdar
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Methods for delaying in situ acid generation for acid delivery to a...
- Patent number 12,227,697
- Issue date Feb 18, 2025
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Desmond E. Schipper
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Grant
Sequestration of carbon dioxide in organic-rich geological formations
- Patent number 12,215,277
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Katherine Leigh Hull
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
System and method for use of desulphated injection water from offsh...
- Patent number 12,215,574
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras
- Fernando Antonio Moreira Da Silva
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Contaminant remediation with functionalized (meth)acrylic polymer o...
- Patent number 12,215,177
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- COUNTERTRACE LLC
- Robert E. Hanes
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Method for reducing pressure and increasing injection by continuous...
- Patent number 12,203,030
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- China University of Geosciences, Beijing
- Fan Zhang
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
High-temperature visual acid etching experimental device and method
- Patent number 12,168,752
- Issue date Dec 17, 2024
- SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
- Kun Wang
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Diverting agent and method of filling fracture in well using the same
- Patent number 12,077,697
- Issue date Sep 3, 2024
- Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Kazutoshi Tsuji
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Attenuated acid formulations for acid stimulation
- Patent number 12,012,550
- Issue date Jun 18, 2024
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Mohammed Sayed
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Method and composition to enhance the performance of encapsulated b...
- Patent number 11,981,863
- Issue date May 14, 2024
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Ali Abdullah M. Al-Taq
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Modified acid compositions as alternatives to conventional acids in...
- Patent number 11,920,081
- Issue date Mar 5, 2024
- Dorf Ketal Chemicals FZE
- Clay Purdy
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information Patent Grant
Sandstone stimulation
- Patent number 11,913,319
- Issue date Feb 27, 2024
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Abdullah M. Al Alharith
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Modified acid compositions as alternatives to conventional acids in...
- Patent number 11,912,929
- Issue date Feb 27, 2024
- Dorf Ketal Chemicals FZE
- Clay Purdy
- A23 - FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
Information Patent Grant
Polyester diverting agents for low-temperature oil wells
- Patent number 11,898,096
- Issue date Feb 13, 2024
- Stepan Company
- Douglas Kip Hillshafer
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Modified acid compositions as alternatives to conventional acids in...
- Patent number 11,879,092
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- Dorf Ketal Chemicals FZE
- Clay Purdy
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Embedded treatment fluid additives for use in subterranean formatio...
- Patent number 11,866,636
- Issue date Jan 9, 2024
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Dipti Singh
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Sequestration of carbon dioxide in organic-rich geological formations
- Patent number 11,851,610
- Issue date Dec 26, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Katherine Leigh Hull
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Grant
Compositions and methods for controlled delivery of acid using sulf...
- Patent number 11,851,613
- Issue date Dec 26, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Amy J. Cairns
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method to attenuate acid reactivity of subterranean formations with...
- Patent number 11,840,666
- Issue date Dec 12, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Mohammed Sayed
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Stimulation of wells in nano-darcy shale formations
- Patent number 11,802,234
- Issue date Oct 31, 2023
- Flex-Chem Holding Company, LLC
- Andrew Bryce Conway
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Viscosifying friction reducers
- Patent number 11,795,376
- Issue date Oct 24, 2023
- Energy Solutions (US) LLC
- Genyao Lin
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Grant
Acidizing compositions for improved fluid performance
- Patent number 11,787,999
- Issue date Oct 17, 2023
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Retarded acid system based on sulfonyl chloride and methods thereof
- Patent number 11,788,397
- Issue date Oct 17, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Mohammed AlKhaldi
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Method and composition for acidizing a subsurface formation utilizi...
- Patent number 11,773,316
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Ayman R. Al-Nakhli
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Consolidation and wellbore strength enhancement with CaCO3 precipit...
- Patent number 11,767,464
- Issue date Sep 26, 2023
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Xiangnan Ye
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Grant
Acid stimulation methods
- Patent number 11,767,465
- Issue date Sep 26, 2023
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Murtaza Ziauddin
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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TRACER COMPOSITIONS
- Publication number 20250237138
- Publication date Jul 24, 2025
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Ayrat Gizzatov
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
TRACER COMPOSITIONS
- Publication number 20250237137
- Publication date Jul 24, 2025
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Shitong Sherry Zhu
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
TREATMENT FLUIDS HAVING OIL-SOLUBLE DRAG REDUCING AGENTS FOR WELLBO...
- Publication number 20250215308
- Publication date Jul 3, 2025
- Jian Zhou
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
METHOD TO ENHANCE WELL COMPLETION THROUGH OPTIMIZED FRACTURE DIVERSION
- Publication number 20250137366
- Publication date May 1, 2025
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Abdul Muqtadir KHAN
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Application
NYLON 66 AS A HIGH TEMPERATURE DIVERTER MATERIAL
- Publication number 20250129285
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- LYONDELLBASELL ADVANCED POLYMERS INC.
- BRADLEY L. TODD
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION WITH FUNCTIONALIZED (METH)ACRYLIC POLYMER O...
- Publication number 20250115695
- Publication date Apr 10, 2025
- COUNTERTRACE LLC
- Robert E. HANES
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
RADIATION ACTIVATED WELL TREATMENT
- Publication number 20250084300
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- Aramco Innovations LLC
- Timur Zharnikov
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
ADDITIVES TO PREVENT THERMAL THINNING IN POLYMER GEL SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20250075122
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Antonio RECIO
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
ACID FRACTURING TREATMENT OF A FORMATION
- Publication number 20250003322
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Alexey Vladimirovich ALEKSEEV
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
LOW VISCOSITY POLYMER-BASED RETARDED ACID
- Publication number 20240360355
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Julia FERNANDEZ DEL VALLE
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
HIGH-TEMPERATURE VISUAL ACID ETCHING EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE AND METHOD
- Publication number 20240228864
- Publication date Jul 11, 2024
- SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
- Kun WANG
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
POLYESTER DIVERTING AGENTS FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE OIL WELLS
- Publication number 20240141225
- Publication date May 2, 2024
- Stepan Company
- Douglas Kip HILLSHAFER
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
Stimulation of Wells in Nano-Darcy Shale Formations
- Publication number 20240124763
- Publication date Apr 18, 2024
- Flex-Chem Holding Company, LLC
- Andrew Bryce Conway
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION WITH FUNCTIONALIZED (METH)ACRYLIC POLYMER O...
- Publication number 20240117093
- Publication date Apr 11, 2024
- COUNTERTRACE LLC
- Robert E. HANES
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Application
SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN ORGANIC-RICH GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS
- Publication number 20240084189
- Publication date Mar 14, 2024
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Katherine Leigh Hull
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR REDUCING PRESSURE AND INCREASING INJECTION BY CONTINUOUS...
- Publication number 20240076538
- Publication date Mar 7, 2024
- China University of Geosciences, Beijing
- Fan ZHANG
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF ACID USING SULF...
- Publication number 20240067868
- Publication date Feb 29, 2024
- SAUI ARABIA OIL COMPANY
- Amy J. Cairns
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Application
VISCOSIFYING FRICTION REDUCERS
- Publication number 20240018412
- Publication date Jan 18, 2024
- ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
- Genyao Lin
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Application
ACID STIMULATION METHODS
- Publication number 20240010906
- Publication date Jan 11, 2024
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Murtaza ZIAUDDIN
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
ACIDIZING COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED FLUID PERFORMANCE
- Publication number 20230416598
- Publication date Dec 28, 2023
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Aaron M. Beuterbaugh
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
SANDSTONE STIMULATION
- Publication number 20230407737
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Abdullah M. Al Alharith
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND COMPOSITION TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF ENCAPSULATED B...
- Publication number 20230374373
- Publication date Nov 23, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Ali Abdullah M. Al-Taq
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
DILUTED CATIONIC FRICTION REDUCERS
- Publication number 20230332035
- Publication date Oct 19, 2023
- ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
- Kailas Sawant
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
ENCAPSULATED PROPPANT PARTICLES FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
- Publication number 20230323195
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Ataur Malik
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
FOAM STABILIZATION USING NANOPARTICLES
- Publication number 20230323194
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Prasad Baburao Karadkar
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING RETARDED ACID COMPOSITIONS FOR WELL ST...
- Publication number 20230279284
- Publication date Sep 7, 2023
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Xiangdong Qiu
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF HYDROGEN BY IN-SITU (SUBSURFA...
- Publication number 20230272698
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Thomas Darrah
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Application
DEVICE FOR TREATING A BOTTOM-HOLE FORMATION OF A WELLBORE
- Publication number 20230265742
- Publication date Aug 24, 2023
- LAMROCK CANADA INCORPORATED
- Jordan BRENNAN
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR FRACTURING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION
- Publication number 20230212454
- Publication date Jul 6, 2023
- Metis Energy LLC
- Robert Lance Cook
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF ACIDIFICATION, INHIBITION AND DAMAGE REMOVAL FOR WELLS
- Publication number 20230193118
- Publication date Jun 22, 2023
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - PETROBRAS
- Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Diverter acid fluid composition for the stimulation of reservoirs b...

Methods for making and using retarded acid compositions for well st...

Ionic liquids for hydrocarbon reservoir stimulation

Polyester diverting agents for low-temperature oil wells

Compositions useful for diverting or stopping fluids in subterranea...

Methods for delaying in situ acid generation for acid delivery to a...

Sequestration of carbon dioxide in organic-rich geological formations

System and method for use of desulphated injection water from offsh...

Contaminant remediation with functionalized (meth)acrylic polymer o...

Method for reducing pressure and increasing injection by continuous...

High-temperature visual acid etching experimental device and method

Diverting agent and method of filling fracture in well using the same

Attenuated acid formulations for acid stimulation

Method and composition to enhance the performance of encapsulated b...

Modified acid compositions as alternatives to conventional acids in...

Sandstone stimulation

Modified acid compositions as alternatives to conventional acids in...

Polyester diverting agents for low-temperature oil wells

Modified acid compositions as alternatives to conventional acids in...

Embedded treatment fluid additives for use in subterranean formatio...

Sequestration of carbon dioxide in organic-rich geological formations

Compositions and methods for controlled delivery of acid using sulf...

Method to attenuate acid reactivity of subterranean formations with...

Stimulation of wells in nano-darcy shale formations

Viscosifying friction reducers

Acidizing compositions for improved fluid performance

Retarded acid system based on sulfonyl chloride and methods thereof

Method and composition for acidizing a subsurface formation utilizi...

Consolidation and wellbore strength enhancement with CaCO3 precipit...

Acid stimulation methods

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

TRACER COMPOSITIONS

TRACER COMPOSITIONS

TREATMENT FLUIDS HAVING OIL-SOLUBLE DRAG REDUCING AGENTS FOR WELLBO...

METHOD TO ENHANCE WELL COMPLETION THROUGH OPTIMIZED FRACTURE DIVERSION

NYLON 66 AS A HIGH TEMPERATURE DIVERTER MATERIAL

CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION WITH FUNCTIONALIZED (METH)ACRYLIC POLYMER O...

RADIATION ACTIVATED WELL TREATMENT

ADDITIVES TO PREVENT THERMAL THINNING IN POLYMER GEL SYSTEMS

ACID FRACTURING TREATMENT OF A FORMATION

LOW VISCOSITY POLYMER-BASED RETARDED ACID

HIGH-TEMPERATURE VISUAL ACID ETCHING EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE AND METHOD

POLYESTER DIVERTING AGENTS FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE OIL WELLS

Stimulation of Wells in Nano-Darcy Shale Formations

CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION WITH FUNCTIONALIZED (METH)ACRYLIC POLYMER O...

SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN ORGANIC-RICH GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS

METHOD FOR REDUCING PRESSURE AND INCREASING INJECTION BY CONTINUOUS...

COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF ACID USING SULF...

VISCOSIFYING FRICTION REDUCERS

ACID STIMULATION METHODS

ACIDIZING COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED FLUID PERFORMANCE

SANDSTONE STIMULATION

METHOD AND COMPOSITION TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF ENCAPSULATED B...

DILUTED CATIONIC FRICTION REDUCERS

ENCAPSULATED PROPPANT PARTICLES FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

FOAM STABILIZATION USING NANOPARTICLES

METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING RETARDED ACID COMPOSITIONS FOR WELL ST...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF HYDROGEN BY IN-SITU (SUBSURFA...

DEVICE FOR TREATING A BOTTOM-HOLE FORMATION OF A WELLBORE

SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR FRACTURING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION

METHOD OF ACIDIFICATION, INHIBITION AND DAMAGE REMOVAL FOR WELLS