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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rajender Salla, Pune, IN;
Sairam Eluru, Pune, IN;
Sumukh Deshprabhu, Pune, IN;
Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/80 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fracturing a subterranean formation wherein a silicate component and a silica precipitation agent are each mixed with the fracturing fluid. The fracturing fluid is introduced to a subterranean formation such that the fracturing fluid is allowed to precipitate silica and form micro-proppant particulates in situ in a microfracture. The silicate component can be selected from potassium silicate, sodium silicate and combinations thereof.