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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Harold Dean Brannon, Magnolia, TX (US);
Brian N. Ward, The Woodlands, TX (US);
D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Scott Gregory Nelson, Edmond, OK (US);
Harold Dean Brannon, Magnolia, TX (US);
Brian N. Ward, The Woodlands, TX (US);
D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Scott Gregory Nelson, Edmond, OK (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The method includes the introduction of a proppant-free stage and a proppant laden stage into the wellbore and/or subterranean formation. The method increases the effective fracture width and enhances fracture conductivity within the formation. Either the proppant-free stage or the proppant laden stage contains a breaker. At least one of the proppant-free stage or proppant laden stage contains a viscosifying agent to which the breaker has affinity. The viscosifying agent may be a superabsorbent, a viscosifying polymer (other than a superabsorbent) or a viscoelastic surfactant. The breaker has greater affinity for the viscosifying agent not present in the same stage as the breaker. Either the proppant-free stage or the proppant laden stage may be foamed.