Method of sand consolidation in petroleum reservoirs
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsPratyush Singh, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle
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Abstract
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of consolidating sands in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore may comprise contacting sand particles in the subterranean formation with a treatment fluid to form coated sands; where the treatment fluid comprises a multicomponent epoxy, a base fluid, and an amine hardening agent, the multicomponent epoxy comprising a diglycidyl ether resin and a monoglycidyl ether resin. The method further allowing the amine hardening agent to cure the multicomponent epoxy and form the consolidated sands.
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A method of consolidating sands in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising:
- contacting sand particles in the subterranean formation with a treatment fluid to form coated sands;
- where the treatment fluid has a viscosity from 25 to 75 cP at 100 RPM and comprises a multicomponent epoxy, a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water, and an amine hardening agent, the multicomponent epoxy comprising a di glycidyl ether resin and a monoglycidyl ether resin;
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- allowing the amine hardening agent to cure the multicomponent epoxy and form the consolidated sands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.