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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. 18, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allan R. Rickards, Pinehurst, TX (US);
Harold D. Brannon, Spring, TX (US);
Philip J. Rae, Landridge Condo, SG;
Gino A. DiLullo, Caracas, VE;
Christopher J. Stephenson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
BJ Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/326 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/326 ;
Abstract
A subterranean formation is treated by injecting a blend of fracture proppant material and deformable particulate material into the formation. The deformable particulate material may combine with the fracture proppant material to increase fracture conductivity, reduce fines generation, and/or reduce proppant flowback. The fracture proppant material may be a material such as sand, and the deformable particulate material may be a material such as polystyrene divinylbenzene beads.
Published as:
NO20011121D0; GB0105380D0; CA2337554A1; CA2634581A1; DK200100349A; NL1017508A1; NO20011121L; GB2360534A; US6330916B1; NL1017508C2; GB2360534B; CA2337554C; CA2634581C;