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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Ali Alwattari, The Woodlands, TX (US);
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods including preparing a silanization composition comprising an aqueous base fluid and an alkyltrialkoxysilane; coating the silanization composition at least partially onto proppant particulates, thereby forming coated proppant particulates, wherein the silanization composition imparts hydrophobicity to the proppant particulates; and introducing the coated proppant particulates into a subterranean formation. The alkyltrialkoxysilane in the silanization composition may have the formula R(OR)Si, where Ris a Cto Calkyl chain and Ris an alkyl group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, butyl, tert-butyl, isopropyl, and any combination thereof.