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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2016
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dipti Singh, Kingwood, TX (US);

Ubong Inyang, Humble, TX (US);

Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); E21B 43/25 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); C09K 8/86 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/86 (2013.01); E21B 43/25 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are example methods and systems for treating a subterranean formation. An example method comprises alternately pumping a volume of proppant-laden fluid and a volume of spacer fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The proppant-laden fluid comprises an aqueous fluid and proppant. The spacer fluid comprises an aqueous fluid. At least one of the proppant-laden fluid or the spacer fluid comprises a synthetic clay. The volume of proppant-laden fluid and the volume of spacer fluid may be pumped in any order. The method further comprises repeating the alternately pumping a volume of proppant-laden fluid and a volume of spacer fluid at least once.


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