Methods to deliver fluids on a well site with variable solids concentration from solid slurries

US10011763B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Ryan Hartman · Tuscaloosa, US
• Mohan K.R. Panga · Missouri City, US
• Bruno Drochon · Villiers-sur-Marne, FR
• John W. Still · Katy, US
• Carlos Abad · Richmond, US
• Marieliz Garcia-Lopez De Victoria · Sugar Land, US
• Kevin W. England · Houston, US
• Isaac Aviles · Sugar Land, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K2208/28
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A storable composition for oilfield application including a slurry of a carrier fluid and a particulate blend made of proppant; the particulate blend comprising at least a first amount of particulates having a first average particle size between about 100 and 5000 μm and at least a second amount of particulates having a second average particle size between about three and twenty times smaller than the first average particle size; such that a packed volume fraction of the particulate blend exceeds 0.74 and the particulate blend volume is sufficient to substantially avoid settling of the particulate in the carrier fluid.