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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Gene Russell, Houston, TX (US);
Dipti Singh, Houston, TX (US);
HsinChen Chung, Houston, TX (US);
Xiangnan Ye, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/88 (2006.01); C09K 8/90 (2006.01); C09K 8/52 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 8/685 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/887 (2013.01); C09K 8/90 (2013.01); C09K 8/52 (2013.01); C09K 8/605 (2013.01); C09K 2208/12 (2013.01); C09K 2208/24 (2013.01); C09K 2208/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Introducing a treatment fluid comprising proppant particulates into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid comprising a high salt concentration base fluid, a charged polymeric gelling agent, and proppant particulates suspended therein, wherein the high salt concentration base fluid comprises a concentration of salt in the range of from about 0.5% to saturation, and wherein the treatment fluid has a bulk viscosity of from about 30 cP to about 150 cP at a shear rate of about 40 sec.