Control of particulate flowback in subterranean wells
US6172011A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC09K2208/08
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The addition of fibrous mixtures in intimate mixtures with particulates for fracturing and gravel packing decreases or eliminates the undesirable flowback of proppant or formation fines while stabilizing the sand pack and lowering the demand for high polymer loadings in the placement fluids. Fibers are useful for forming a porous pack in the subterranean formation. In some cases, channels or fingers of void spaces with reduced concentrations of proppant may be introduced into the proppant pack.
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