Methods of transporting proppant particulates in a subterranean formation
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsLoan K. Vo, Philip D. Nguyen
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Abstract
Methods of treating a wellbore in a subterranean formation including providing an oil-external treatment fluid, wherein the oil-external treatment fluid is a 3D-network comprising a chemical interaction between a hydrocarbon fluid, an aqueous fluid, and a surface modification agent; providing proppant particulates; suspending the proppant particulates in the oil-external treatment fluid; and introducing the oil-external treatment fluid comprising the proppant particulates into the wellbore in the subterranean formation.
Claims20
A method comprising treating a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising:
- providing an oil-external treatment fluid,
- wherein the oil-external treatment fluid is a 3D-network comprising a chemical interaction between a hydrocarbon fluid, an aqueous fluid, and a surface modification agent, the surface modification agent present from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of the oil-external treatment fluid;
- providing proppant particulates;
- suspending the proppant particulates in the oil-external treatment fluid;
- and
- introducing the oil-external treatment fluid comprising the proppant particulates into the wellbore in the subterranean formation.
A method comprising treating a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising:
- providing an oil-external treatment fluid,
- wherein the oil-external treatment fluid is a 3D-network comprising a chemical interaction between a hydrocarbon fluid, an aqueous fluid, and a surface modification agent coated onto proppant particulates, the surface modification agent present from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of the oil-external treatment fluid;
- and
- introducing the oil-external treatment fluid into the wellbore in the subterranean formation.
A method comprising treating a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising:
- providing a hydrocarbon fluid;
- providing aqueous fluid;
- providing a surface modification agent;
- providing proppant particulates;
- providing a hydrojetting tool connected to a tubular member within the wellbore in the subterranean formation, so as to create an annulus between the tubular member and the wellbore in the subterranean formation;
- introducing the surface modification agent into the hydrocarbon fluid or the aqueous fluid;
- introducing the proppant particulates into the hydrocarbon fluid or the aqueous fluid;
- introducing one of the hydrocarbon fluid or the aqueous fluid into the wellbore in the subterranean formation through the hydrojetting tool and introducing the other of the hydrocarbon fluid or the aqueous fluid into the wellbore in the subterranean formation through the annulus between the tubular member and the wellbore in the subterranean formation;
- and
- contacting the hydrocarbon fluid and the aqueous fluid within the wellbore in the subterranean formation, so as to create an oil-external treatment fluid that is a 3D-network comprising a chemical interaction between the hydrocarbon fluid, the aqueous fluid, and the surface modification agent, the surface modification agent present from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of the oil-external treatment fluid,
- wherein the oil-external treatment fluid is capable of suspending the proppant particulates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.