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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Tatyana V. Khamatnurova, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/57 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 8/572 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for treating fracture faces and/or unconsolidated portions of a subterranean formation are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing an aqueous alkali solution; introducing the aqueous alkali solution into at least a portion of a subterranean formation that comprises one or more fractures; contacting an aluminum component and a silicate component with the aqueous alkali solution to form a geopolymer on one or more fracture faces in the fractures; and placing a plurality of proppant particulates in the fractures.