Sand control without requiring a gravel pack screen
AssigneeDowell, a division of Schlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsErik B. Nelson, J. Ernest Brown, Roger J. Card
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Abstract
A method combining resin consolidation and placement of fibrous material in intimate mixture with particulates provides a means of stabilizing a formation respect to sand production while enhancing well productivity without requiring a gravel pack screen.
Claims19
The method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprising the steps of consolidating the formation in a near-wellbore zone with a resinous material, providing a fluid suspension including an intimate mixture of a particulate material and a fibrous material, pumping the fluid suspension including a mixture of the particulate material and the fibrous material through the wellbore and the near-wellbore zone to deposit the mixture of particulate material and fibrous material in the subterranean formation, and perforating the wellbore, wherein the steps of perforating and consolidating are performed simultaneously.
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