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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred R Jennings, Jr, Plano, TX (US);
Lawrence R Stowe, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166250 ; 166280 ; 166308 ;
Abstract
A process for controlling fines or sand in an unconsolidated or loosely consolidated formation or reservoir containing hydrocarbonaceous fluids where the reservoir is penetrated by at least one wellbore. The method includes the utilization of hydraulic fracturing and a fused refractory proppant in combination with control of the critical salinity rate and the critical flow velocity. The proppant increases thermal conductivity during a steam-flooding process while controlling fines or sand.