Methods of controlling fines migration in a well
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsAnton Kovalchuk, Ramon Garza
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Abstract
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprises: introducing into the subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising coated polymeric particles having a polymeric core and a curable thermoset coating disposed on the polymeric core; allowing the curable thermoset coating to cure under downhole conditions; and forming a fluid-permeable pack from the coated polymeric particles, the fluid-permeable pack reducing or substantially preventing the passage of formation particles from the subterranean formation into the wellbore while allowing passage of formation fluids from the subterranean formation into the wellbore.
Claims21
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising:
- introducing into the subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising coated polymeric particles having a polymeric core and a curable thermoset coating disposed on the polymeric core, the polymeric core comprising a rubber, an epoxy, a phenolic resin, a thermoplastic polymer or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, the rubber comprising a nitrile rubber (NBR), a hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR), a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), an ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM), a natural rubber, a silicone rubber, a polybutadiene, polyisoprene, butyl rubber, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and the thermoplastic polymer comprising polyetheretherketone (PEEK), a polyimide, a polysulfone, a polyester or polycarbonate;
- allowing the curable thermoset coating to cure under downhole conditions;
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- forming a fluid-permeable pack from the coated polymeric particles, the fluid-permeable pack reducing or substantially preventing the passage of formation particles from the subterranean formation into the wellbore while allowing passage of formation fluids from the subterranean formation into the wellbore.
A coated polymeric particle comprising:
- a recycled polymeric core in a particulate form, and
- a curable coating disposed on the polymeric core,
- wherein recycled polymeric core has a size of about 3.5 to 40 mesh and comprises nitrile rubber (NBR), hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM), natural rubber, silicone rubber, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, butyl rubber, rubber blend, polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyamide, polyimide, polysulfone, polyester, polycarbonate, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.
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