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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:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Nextier Completion Solutions Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sarkis Kakadjian, The Woodlands, TX (US);
John Vu, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Vidya Sagar Bammidi, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
NexTier Completion Solutions Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/685 (2013.01); C09K 8/805 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
Compositions and methods of fracturing including a hydrophobic rendered proppant or a proppant slurry and a fracturing fluid including an aqueous base fluid, a viscosifying agent or mixture of viscosifying agents, and an enhancing proppant suspending composition including an aldehyde, a mixture of aldehydes, a ketone, a mixture of ketones, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a crosslinking agent or a mixture of crosslinking agents.