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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Pubudu H Gamage, Katy, TX (US);
William Walter Shumway, Spring, TX (US);
Jay Paul Deville, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); E21B 43/114 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/138 (2013.01); C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); E21B 43/114 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method relating to perforation operations, which comprises introducing a wettability altering fluid into a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation such that the wettability altering fluid seeps into the subterranean formation. Subsequent to introducing the wettability altering fluid, a fluid loss pill is introduced into the wellbore such that seepage of fluid between the wellbore and the subterranean formation is inhibited.