Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Halliburton Company

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Jimmie Dean Weaver, Jr

Philip D Nguyen

Billy F Slabaugh

Richard Dale Rickman

Johnny A Barton

Larry Steven Eoff

Michael A McCabe

Denise Berryhill

Robert E Hanes, Jr

J Michael Wilson

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft

Thomas Donovan Welton

Homer C McLaughlin

Bhadra D Desai

Enrique Antonio Reyes

Baireddy R Reddy

Frank Zamora

Brahmadeo T Dewprashad

Beegamudre N Murali

Anne M Culotta

John Michael Wilson

Glenda Wylie

B Raghava Reddy

Lance Everett Brothers

Donald Lee Whitfill

Anthony V Palmer

M Vikram Rao

James B Terry

David Michael Loveless

Mark A Parker

Bobby K Bowles

Steven F Wilson

Russel Fitzgerald

Bradley Leon Todd

Loan K Vo

David Eugene McMechan

Daniel David Gleitman

Ian D Robb

David L Brown

Colin Walker

Tingji Tang

Chen-Kang David Chen

Paul D Lord

Hongyu Luo

Phillip D Nguyen

John R Hardin

Roger Boulton

Thomas M Gaynor

Gary P Funkhouser

Rajesh Kumar Saini

Feng Liang

Harold Grayson Walters

James William Ogle

Matthew Eric Blauch

Karen L King

Ali Alwattari

Billy Wilson McDaniel

William H Smith

Joseph R Murphey

David B Allison

Christopher R Parton

Weldon M Harms

Audis C Byrd

Lyle Lehman

Jackie M LaFontaine

Richard Lee Giroux

David Durward Szarka

Ralph Harvey Echols

Dipti Singh

Steven George Streich

Jason E Bryant

Jeremy A Holtsclaw

Denise Nicole Benoit

Leonard R Case

Trinidad Munoz, Jr

Perry C Shy

Max Lynn Phillippi

James J Venditto

James R Stanford

Timothy Edward Harms

Bradley James Sparks

Ronald E Himes

Keith A Frost

Sanjay M Vitthal

Neelam Deepak Raysoni

Chandra Sekhar Palla-Venkata

Nathan Carl Schultheiss

Jeff T Fleming

Lucas Kurtis Fontenelle

O Marlene Isenberg

Gregory B Chitwood

Jonathan Smith

R Clay Cole

Harvey Joseph Fitzpatrick, Jr

R Ashley Donaldson

Alex Procyk

David J Hanlon

Bobby E Hall

Ronnie J Buchanan

Jessica Lynn Heeter

Methods including preparing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid, degradable reticulated foam particulates, and non-degradable proppant particulates; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation comprising at least one fracture therein; placing the degradable reticulated foam particulates and the non-degradable proppant particulates into the at least one fracture, so as to form a stabilized proppant pack therein; and degrading the degradable reticulated foam particulates, thereby forming a high porosity propped fracture.

Degradable reticulated foam particulates for use in forming highly conductive proppant packs

The invention provides Formula I compounds, and its compositions, wherein HG, X, L, Y, m, and n are defined in the specification, as fluid efficiency and flow back enhancers for use in a method of treating subterranean formations.

Fluid efficiency and flow back enhancer

A wellbore treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and an extruded substance comprising: a degradable matrix; and an additive, wherein the degradable matrix provides a time-delayed release of the additive into a wellbore fluid for a desired period of time. A method of treating a portion of a well comprising: introducing the treatment fluid into the well; and causing or allowing at least a portion of the degradable matrix to degrade, wherein degradation of the degradable matrix releases at least some of the additive into the wellbore fluid.

Delayed-release additives in a degradable matrix

A treatment fluid for treating a portion of a water-sensitive subterranean formation comprising: a base fluid; and a stabilizing compound, wherein the stabilizing compound reduces or eliminates swelling of a water-swellable mineral of the portion of the water-sensitive subterranean formation, and wherein the stabilizing compound comprises: (A) a cationic functional group; and (B) a hydrophobic portion. A method of treating a portion of a water-sensitive subterranean formation comprising: introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore, wherein the wellbore penetrates the subterranean formation, wherein the portion of the subterranean formation comprises a water-swellable mineral.

Method of treating water-swellable minerals in a subterranean formation with a stabilizing compound with a cationic group and hydrophobic portion

Various embodiments disclosed related to compositions and methods of using the same for treating subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method includes placing in a subterranean formation a composition that includes a viscosifier and that also includes a hydrophobically-modified polymer including at least one nitrogen-containing repeating unit.

Composition including a viscosifier and a hydrophobically-modified polymer that includes a nitrogen-containing repeating unit for treatment of subterranean formations

A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising: introducing a fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation to create or enhance one or more fractures in the subterranean formation; introducing a cement composition into the one or more fractures, wherein the cement composition comprises: (A) cement; (B) water; and (C) an additive; and allowing the cement composition to set, wherein the additive creates a plurality of pores within the set cement.

Porous cement composition for propping fractures open

Various embodiments disclosed relate to treatment fluids comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein G, G, L, L, L, q, and r are defined herein. Various other embodiments relates to methods of treating subterranean formations with such treatment fluids. 

Compositions for treating subterranean formations

A method of treating a well, the method including forming in-situ or using a polymeric material in a treatment fluid that is introduced into a well, wherein the polymeric material is produced by reacting: (a) a polysaccharide, wherein each molecule of the polysaccharide has at least one reducing chain end; and (b) a chain connector, wherein each molecule of the chain connector has at least two functional groups for reacting with the reducing end of the polysaccharide.

Viscosity enhancer

A wellbore servicing composition comprising a base fluid, the base fluid comprising a substantially aqueous fluid, a brine, an emulsion, an invert emulsion, an oleaginous fluid, or combinations thereof, a quantity of template assisted crystallization beads, and a wellbore servicing fluid component, the wellbore servicing fluid component comprising a quantity of proppant, a quantity of gravel, or combinations thereof. A wellbore servicing system comprising a flowpath, the flowpath comprising at least one component of wellbore servicing equipment, and a conduit extending from the at least one component of wellbore servicing equipment to a wellbore, and a wellbore servicing fluid disposed within the flowpath, wherein the wellbore servicing fluid comprises a plurality of template assisted crystallization beads. A wellbore servicing method comprising forming a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a quantity of template assisted crystallization beads, and introducing the wellbore servicing fluid into a wellbore, a subterranean formation, or combinations thereof.

Method and system for servicing a wellbore

Some embodiments disclosed herein comprise a method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and an extracted natural mucilage; and introducing the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation. The treatment fluid may further comprise a mucin in an amount in the range of from about 0.000001% to about 10% by weight in the treatment fluid.

Mucilage comprising treatment fluids for subterranean formation operations

Methods of biosynthesizing bacterial extracellular galactomannan polysaccharides for use in subterranean formation operations such as drilling operations, fracturing operations, or gravel packing operations including providing a feedstock comprising mannose and galactose; providing bacteria effective at fermenting mannose and galactose; introducing the bacteria to the feedstock; and fermenting the bacteria so as to produce an extracellular galactomannan polysaccharide.

Methods of biosynthesizing bacterial extracellular galactomannan polysaccharides and subunits thereof for use in subterranean formation operations

Treatment fluids comprising an aqueous fluid and a low-leakoff particulate, wherein the low-leakoff particulate comprises a low molecular weight modified polysaccharide that has been crosslinked with a crosslinking agent wherein the low molecular weight modified polysaccharide contains one or more of the following monosaccharide units: galactose, mannose, glucoside glucose, xylose, arabinose, fructose, glucuronic acid, or pyranosyl sulfate.

Low damage seawater based frac pack fluid

A method using a propping fluid comprising a first carrier fluid and a plurality of propping agents and a spacer fluid comprising a second carrier fluid and an expandable filler material. The method introduces the propping fluid into a fracture in a subterranean formation and introduces the spacer fluid into the fracture. Then the expandable filler material is exposed to an expanding agent that causes the expandable filler material to expand and press against the adjacent propping agents.

Use of expandable self-removing filler material in fracturing operations

Methods of treating a subterranean formation comprising placing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid, proppant particulates, a consolidating agent, a thermoplastic material, and a degradable polyester material into the subterranean formation; coating the proppant particulates and the consolidating agent with the thermoplastic material and the degradable polyester material together so as to form proppant pillars; and degrading the degradable polyester material.

Methods of forming and placing proppant pillars into a subterranean formation

Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising introducing a fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture therein. And providing proppant aggregates themselves comprising proppant particles coated with a binding fluid and having foamed particulates adhered thereto that are suspended in gelled treatment fluid and placed into at least a portion of the fracture so as to form a proppant pack therein.

Methods for hindering settling of proppant aggregates in subterranean operations

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Duncan, OK, United States of America

Jimmie Dean Weaver, Jr