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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Jessica Lynn Heeter, Houston, TX (US);
James William Ogle, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/92 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C09K 8/34 (2006.01); C09K 8/28 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); C09K 8/70 (2013.01); C09K 8/805 (2013.01); C09K 8/92 (2013.01); E21B 43/166 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); C09K 2208/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Treatment fluids including a base fluid; and fly ash microspheres, wherein the fly ash microspheres are of a material selected from the group consisting of Class C fly ash, Class F fly ash, and any combination thereof, wherein the fly ash microspheres have a diameter in the range of from about 0.1μηη to about 150μηη, and wherein the fly ash microspheres are present in the treatment fluid in an amount in the range of from about 0.001 ppg to about 1 ppg of the treatment fluid.