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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Mohan K. R. Panga, Katy, TX (US);
Peter J. Photos, El Campo, TX (US);
Bruno Drochon, Houston, TX (US);
John W. Still, Katy, TX (US);
Mehmet Parlar, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Balkrishna Gadiyar, Katy, TX (US);
Dinesh R. Patel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Graham M. Watson, Aberdeen, GB;
Mohan K. R. Panga, Katy, TX (US);
Peter J. Photos, El Campo, TX (US);
Bruno Drochon, Houston, TX (US);
John W. Still, Katy, TX (US);
Mehmet Parlar, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Balkrishna Gadiyar, Katy, TX (US);
Dinesh R. Patel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Graham M. Watson, Aberdeen, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes providing a slurry comprising a carrier fluid and a solids mixture, and injecting said slurry in a wellbore wherein the solids mixture comprises at least two volume-averaged particle size distribution (PSD) modes, wherein a first PSD mode comprises solids having a volume-average median size at least three times larger than the volume-average median size of a second PSD mode such that a packed volume fraction (PVF) of the solids mixture exceeds 0.75.