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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Sam Lewis, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Szymanski, Duncan, OK (US);
Christopher Gordon, Spring, TX (US);
Sam Lewis, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Szymanski, Duncan, OK (US);
Christopher Gordon, Spring, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Of the many compositions and methods provided herein, an example method includes a method of treating a subterranean formation that comprises combining components comprising water and a density-matched suspension to prepare a treatment fluid, wherein the density-matched suspension comprises a suspending liquid and a solid particle suspended in the suspending liquid, and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore. An example composition includes a suspension that comprises a suspending liquid comprising a hydrophobic liquid, wherein the hydrophobic liquid hydrolyzes when placed in contact with an aqueous fluid to form hydrophilic products, and a solid particle suspended in the suspending liquid, wherein the suspension is a density-matched suspension.