Nano-Sized Particles for Formation Fines Fixation

A method for treating a subterranean formation comprising:

• introducing into the subterranean formation a treating fluid comprising:
• a base fluid, and
• an amount of a particulate additive effective to reduce fines migration, the particulate additive
• having a mean particle size of 100 nm or less, and
• being selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal oxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides, transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, post-transition metal oxides, post-transition metal hydroxides, where the post-transition metal is selected from the group consisting of gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead and bismuth, piezoelectric crystals, pyroelectric crystals, and mixtures thereof;
• and
• fixing fines within the formation with the particulate additive, in the absence of cementing, by associating the fines with the formation by surface forces of the particulate additive thereby reducing fines migration, where fines are different from the particulate additive, have a size less than 37 microns, and are selected from the group consisting of clays, quartz, amorphous silica, feldspars, zeolites, carbonates, salts and micas.