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Methods of controlling particulate segregation in slurries

US7261157B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2004
Grant dateAug 28, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2998
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods for controlling particulate segregation comprising providing a mixture of an aqueous tackifying composition with a treatment fluid; slurrying the mixture with a first type of solid particulates and a second type of solid particulates and wherein the first type of solid particulates have a tendency to segregate from the second type of solid particulates when slurried into a liquid; and, placing the slurry into a portion of a subterranean formation. Methods for controlling particulate segregation comprising providing a treatment fluid; at least partially coating with an aqueous tackifying composition: a first type of solid particulates and a second type of solid particulates and wherein the first type of solid particulates have a tendency to segregate from the second type of solid particulates when slurried into a liquid; slurrying the two types of particulates into the treatment fluid; and, placing the slurry into a portion of a subterranean formation.

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