Method of consolidating an underground formation
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsChrystel Cambus-Brunet, Veronique Barlet-Gouedard
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Abstract
A method of stabilising an underground formation surrounding a borehole comprising placing a treatment fluid in the formation, the treatment fluid comprising cross-linkable polymer and a cross-linking agent, and allowing the treatment fluid to gel in-situ, characterised in that after placement of the treatment fluid in the formation, an activator fluid is pumped into the well to bring about cross linking of the polymer to form the gel.
Claims22
A method of stabilising an underground formation surrounding a borehole comprising placing a treatment fluid in the formation, the treatment fluid comprising cross-linkable polymer and a cross-linking agent, allowing the treatment fluid to gel in-situ, and pumping, after placement of the treatment fluid in the formation, an activator fluid into the well to accelerate the crosslinking of the polymer and the development of the gel strength.
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