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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
Bradley L. Todd, Duncan, OK (US);
Stanley J. Heath, Duncan, OK (US);
Bradley L. Todd, Duncan, OK (US);
Stanley J. Heath, Duncan, OK (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are swellable and degradable sand plug systems used in wellbores and methods for using the systems in treating wellbores. The slurry composition includes a carrier fluid and a granular borate source material, where the borate source material is at least partially dehydrated or anhydrous. The carrier fluid may be non-aqueous fluid or, in some compositions, an aqueous fluid. The slurry composition is allowed to settle in a horizontal wellbore and at least partially fill at least a portion of the wellbore in a direction vertical to the wellbore, and is exposed to a sufficient amount of aqueous fluid to expand and substantially fill at least a portion of the wellbore, thereby plugging the wellbore. The slurry composition may be exposed to a sufficient amount of aqueous liquid to at least partially dissolve the expanded slurry composition, thereby at least partially removing the plug from the wellbore.