Methods of modifying particulate surfaces to affect acidic sites thereon

A method comprising:

• treating a particulate with a surface modification agent;
• coating the particulate with a hydrolysable coating to produce a coated particulate, wherein the hydrolysable coating has an initial degradation rate with respect to the particulate prior to treatment with the surface modification agent;
• placing the particulate in a subterranean formation;
• and
• allowing the hydrolysable coating to degrade at a second degradation rate that is slower than its initial degradation rate.

A method comprising:

• providing a fracturing fluid that comprises a base fluid and coated particulates, the coated particulates having been treated with a surface modification agent and coated with a hydrolysable coating, wherein the surface modification agent is essentially free of a resin and a tackifying agent, and wherein the surface modification agent comprises at least one surface modification agent selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide and an acidic site modifying compound;
• placing the fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation via a well bore at a pressure sufficient to create or enhance a fracture in the subterranean formation;
• and
• allowing the coated particulates to be placed in or around the fracture.