Fluids containing cellulose fibers and cellulose nanoparticles for oilfield applications

US10689564B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Valerie Gisele Helene Lafitte · Sugar Land, US
• Mohan Kanaka Raju Panga · Sugar Land, US
• Richard Berry · Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K2208/30
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Treatment fluids containing a mixture of cellulose fibers and cellulose nanoparticles and methods for treating a subterranean formation are disclosed. The methods include introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid containing a mixture of cellulose fibers and cellulose nanoparticles.