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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey W. Gullickson, Denver, CO (US);
William Owen Alexander Ruhle, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 43/04 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01); C09K 8/92 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); C09K 8/92 (2013.01); E21B 43/261 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 43/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a subterranean formation includes combining self-degrading particles with a carrier fluid, placing the self-degrading particles and the carrier fluid into a zone in a formation, said zone comprising fractures, allowing the self-degrading materials to penetrate and plug off the connection to existing fractures and to bridge off fracture propagation near the wellbore, and initiating a re-fracture treatment comprising re-fracture fluids and proppant materials prior to the degradation of the self-degrading particles.