Example 16
An oil-external well treatment microemulsion includes a continuous oil phase, a dispersed water phase, alcohols and a surfactant. The well treatment microemulsion contains about 41.8% by weight d-Limonene (external oil phase), about 14.4% by weight water (dispersed aqueous phase), about 9.64% by weight isopropanol (alcohol), about 1.36% by weight triethylene glycol (alcohol), and about 32.8% by weight surfactant having an HLB of about 15 and comprising the following surfactant: polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80, sold by Croda USA).