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Methods of using invert emulsion fluids with high internal phase concentration

US10246627B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2015
Grant dateApr 2, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/925
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract

In a method of gravel packing a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the wellbore comprising a cased section and an uncased section, the method may include pumping into the wellbore a gravel pack composition comprising gravel and a carrier fluid comprising an invert emulsion fluid, where the invert emulsion fluid may comprise: an oleaginous external phase; a non-oleaginous internal phase, wherein a ratio of the oleaginous external phase and non-oleaginous internal phase is less than 50:50 and an emulsifier stabilizing the oleaginous external phase and the non-oleaginous internal phase.

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