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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Dale E. Jamison, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Alan Evans, Houston, TX (US);
William Walter Shumway, Houston, TX (US);
Denise Nicole Benoit, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for strengthening a subterranean formation is disclosed herein. A method of strengthening a subterranean formation includes: introducing a first fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the first fluid includes polyvalent cations; and introducing a second fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the second fluid includes a dissolved silicate in an aqueous-base fluid; wherein the dissolved silicate reacts with the polyvalent cations in the subterranean formation to form a reaction product including precipitated silicate in the subterranean formation.