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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
Shiv Shankar Sangaru, Al-Khobar, SA;
Prahlad Yadav, Jabalpur, IN;
Tianping Huang, Spring, TX (US);
Gaurav Agrawal, Dammam, SA;
Mohammed Al-rabah, Qataif, SA;
Shiv Shankar Sangaru, Al-Khobar, SA;
Prahlad Yadav, Jabalpur, IN;
Tianping Huang, Spring, TX (US);
Gaurav Agrawal, Dammam, SA;
Mohammed Al-Rabah, Qataif, SA;
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a well comprises combining an aqueous base fluid, a viscoelastic surfactant gelling agent, two or more types of the following nanoparticles: an alkaline earth metal oxide; an alkaline earth metal hydroxide; a transition metal oxide; or a transition metal hydroxide to form a treatment fluid, and pumping the treatment fluid into the well, wherein the weight ratio of the two or more types of the nanoparticles is selected such that the treatment fluid has an improved fluid efficiency as compared to an otherwise identical reference fluid except for comprising only one type of the nanoparticles selected from an alkaline earth metal oxide; an alkaline earth metal hydroxide; a transition metal oxide; and a transition metal hydroxide.