Methods of using oleaginous fluids for completion operations
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorsBalakrishnan Panamarathupalayam, Hui Joyce Zhang, Balkrishna Gadiyar, William E. Foxenberg, Charles Svoboda, Alhad Phatak
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Abstract
In a method of gravel packing a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the wellbore having a cased section and an uncased section, the method may include pumping into the wellbore a gravel pack composition having gravel and a carrier fluid, where the carrier fluid includes an oleaginous fluid and an inorganic solid aggregator material.
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A method of gravel packing a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the wellbore comprising a cased section and an uncased section, the method comprising:
- pumping into the wellbore a gravel pack composition comprising gravel and a carrier fluid, the carrier fluid comprising:
- an oleaginous fluid;
- and
- an inorganic solid aggregator material.
A method of completing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the wellbore comprising a cased section and an uncased section, the method comprising:
- introducing an oleaginous fluid into the uncased section of the wellbore;
- running a liner, sand control, screen assembly, swell packer assembly, or inflow control device to a selected depth within the uncased section of the wellbore in which the invert emulsion fluid is located;
- introducing a gravel pack slurry containing gravel and an oleaginous carrier fluid into the wellbore.
A method of gravel packing a wellborn in a subterranean formation, the wellbore comprising a cased section and an unused section, the method comprising:
- pumping into the wellbore a gravel pack composition comprising gravel and a carrier fluid, the carrier fluid comprising:
- an oleaginous fluid;
- and
- a weighting agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.