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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2008
Ryan Hartman, Arlington, MA (US);
Mohan K. R. Panga, Stafford, TX (US);
Bruno Drochon, Houston, TX (US);
John W. Still, Katy, TX (US);
Ryan Hartman, Arlington, MA (US);
Mohan K. R. Panga, Stafford, TX (US);
Bruno Drochon, Houston, TX (US);
John W. Still, Katy, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A system includes a wellbore in fluid communication with a formation of interest and a fracturing slurry include a carrier fluid with a low amount of a viscosifier, an amount of proppant including a first average particle size between about 200 and 2000 μm, an amount particulates including a second average particle size between about three and ten times smaller than the first average particle size, and a third amount of particulates having a third average particle size smaller than the second average particle size. A sum of all of the particulates in the fracturing slurry exceed about 16 pounds per gallon of the carrier fluid. They system further includes a pumping device that creates a propped fracture in the formation of interest with the fracturing slurry, and a removal agent that removes the second amount of particulates and/or the third amount of particulates from the propped fracture.