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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Philip F. Sullivan, Bellaire, TX (US);
Erik Nelson, Houston, TX (US);
Juan-carlos Gonzalez, Houston, TX (US);
Samuel Danican, Aberdeen, GB;
Gary Tustin, Sawston Cambridge, GB;
Philip F. Sullivan, Bellaire, TX (US);
Erik Nelson, Houston, TX (US);
Juan-Carlos Gonzalez, Houston, TX (US);
Samuel Danican, Aberdeen, GB;
Gary Tustin, Sawston Cambridge, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A sand consolidation system and a method for use of the system is provided. The consolidation system includes an emulsion having an oil phase and an aqueous phase, wherein the emulsion contains a source of insoluble silica particles and a source of calcium hydroxide, wherein the calcium hydroxide particles are present in the oil phase, and the insoluble silica particles are contained in the aqueous phase. Both types of particles must have average particle sizes which will fit into the pores of the formations.