Patent ID: 7198103

Claim:
A method of stimulating the production of a petroleum well comprising: pumping a first stimulant into the well, wherein said first stimulant comprises dipentene; ethoxylated linear alcohol; a solvent comprised of naphtha; a product formed from the reaction of alpha olephin with maleic anhydride; and a surfactant, and pumping a second stimulant into the well, said second stimulant comprising: a product formed from the reaction of alpha olephin with maleic anhydride; a product formed from the reaction of polyether with maleic anhydride; a product formed from the product of alpha olephin and maleic anhydride further reacted with a long chain alcohol selected from the group comprising RCH 2 CH 2 CHO and R(CHCH 3 )CHO and mixtures thereof; a product formed from the reaction of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid with a pentene; 2 ethyl hexanol; 4-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexane; and a surfactant.