Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of strengthening and consolidating subterranean formations with silicate-aluminum geopolymers
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Application No.: US16305242Application Date: 2016-07-07
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Publication No.: US11268366B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Philip D. Nguyen , Tatyana V. Khamatnurova
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Agent Thomas Rooney
- International Application: PCT/US2016/041356 WO 20160707
- International Announcement: WO2018/009199 WO 20180111
- Main IPC: C09K8/57
- IPC: C09K8/57 ; C09K8/80 ; C09K8/66 ; E21B43/267

Abstract:
Systems and methods for treating fracture faces and/or unconsolidated portions of a subterranean formation are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing an aqueous alkali solution; introducing the aqueous alkali solution into at least a portion of a subterranean formation that comprises one or more fractures; contacting an aluminum component and a silicate component with the aqueous alkali solution to form a geopolymer on one or more fracture faces in the fractures; and placing a plurality of proppant particulates in the fractures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200048530A1 METHODS OF STRENGTHENING AND CONSOLIDATING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS WITH SILICATE-ALUMINUM GEOPOLYMERS Public/Granted day:2020-02-13
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