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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bruno Lecerf, Houston, TX (US);
Chad Kraemer, Katy, TX (US);
Timothy L. Pope, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Dean M. Willberg, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Zinaida Usova, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/27 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/13 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01); C09K 2208/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a subterranean formation comprising generating a fracture in the subterranean formation, introducing a predetermined amount of proppant into a treatment fluid, and subsequently introducing a plugging agent into the treatment fluid before the entire predetermined amount of proppant reaches the fracture, minimizing overdisplacement of the proppant from the fracture.