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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Michael J. Fuller, Houston, TX (US);
Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Cambridge, GB;
Jill F. Geddes, Cambridge, GB;
Michael J. Fuller, Houston, TX (US);
Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Cambridge, GB;
Jill F. Geddes, Cambridge, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and composition for treating a subterranean formation with a fluid, including forming a fluid including a particulate and an organosilane with the chemical formula RSiX, wherein n is equal to 1, 2, or 3, R is an organic functional group, and X is a halogen, alkoxy, or acetoxy group, introducing the fluid into a subterranean formation with exposed surfaces, and modifying the wettability of a surface of the particulate or subterranean formation or both. A method and composition for treating a subterranean formation with a fluid including forming a fluid comprising a particulate and an organosilane, introducing the fluid into a subterranean formation with exposed surfaces, and modifying the wettability of the proppant or surfaces or both, wherein the wettability modification degrades.