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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Darryl Ventura, Houston, TX (US);
Deepak Kumar, Houston, TX (US);
Anton Kovalchuk, Houston, TX (US);
Darryl Ventura, Houston, TX (US);
Deepak Kumar, Houston, TX (US);
Anton Kovalchuk, Houston, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprises introducing into the subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising encapsulated particles having a core of a crosslinking agent and a shell of a chitosan encapsulant disposed on the core; releasing the crosslinking agent from the encapsulated particles with an acid; reacting the released crosslinking agent with the chitosan encapsulant or a derivative thereof forming a polymerized chitosan; and consolidating a plurality of particles in the subterranean formation with the polymerized chitosan.