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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2008
Applicants:

Jeff T. Fleming, Duncan, OK (US);

Richard W. Pauls, Duncan, OK (US);

Thomas D. Welton, Duncan, OK (US);

David E. Mcmechan, Duncan, OK (US);

Bradley L. Todd, Duncan, OK (US);

Jason Bryant, Duncan, OK (US);

Inventors:

Jeff T. Fleming, Duncan, OK (US);

Richard W. Pauls, Duncan, OK (US);

Thomas D. Welton, Duncan, OK (US);

David E. McMechan, Duncan, OK (US);

Bradley L. Todd, Duncan, OK (US);

Jason Bryant, Duncan, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided are methods that include a method comprising: placing a clean fluid comprising proppant particulates into a portion of a fracture in a subterranean formation, and depositing one or more of the proppant particulates into the fracture to form a partial monolayer. In another aspect, the invention provides methods that include placing a degradable fluid loss additive comprising collagen into a subterranean formation.


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