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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jimmie D Weaver, Duncan, OK (US);
Philip D Nguyen, Duncan, OK (US);
Steven F Wilson, Duncan, OK (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166281 ; 166295 ;
Abstract
The addition of an elastomeric material in intimate mixture with resin-coated particulates for fracturing, gravel packing or other formation treatments decreases or substantially eliminates the flowback of particulates whether proppants or formation fines while stabilizing the particulate and importing elasticity thereto within the formation. Preferred elastomeric materials include, polyolefins, polyamides, polyvinyls and cellulose derivatives in the form of particles, ribbons, fibers or flakes.