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US 2012/0267112 A1Published application
Well service compositions and methods
AssigneeTrican Well Service Ltd.
InventorsKewei Zhang, ShanDong Cao
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Abstract
A composition for isolating a zone in a wellbore comprising: an aqueous liquid hydrophobic solid particles, and an oil.
Claims22
A composition for isolating a zone in a wellbore comprising:
- an aqueous liquid
- hydrophobic solid particles, and
- an oil.
A composition for isolating a zone in a wellbore comprising:
- an aqueous liquid,
- solid particles,
- a hydrophobizing agent, and
- an oil.
1 more element
A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising
- mixing a water-based fracturing fluid with proppant, a hydrophobizing agent and an oil, and pumping the fluid into the subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to fracture the formation,
- wherein the hydrophobizing agent is selected from the group consisting of a primary amine, a secondary amine, a tertiary amine, and a polyamine, wherein the amine contains at least 14 carbon atoms.
A method of reducing formation sand production in a subterranean formation comprising
- mixing a fluid with a hydrophobizing agent and injecting the fluid into the formation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.