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8176981 Fluorinated surfactants and methods of using the same  
A composition comprising a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant having a weight average molecular weight of least 100,000 grams per mole, the nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant...
8171992 Method of fracturing a subterranean formation at optimized and pre-determined conditions  
Prior to a hydraulic fracturing treatment, ΔSGPS for a desired propped fracture length, DPST, may be estimated wherein ΔSGPS=SGprop−SGfluid (SGprop being the specific gravity of the proppant and...
8167042 Method of forming self-diverting high-rate water packs  
Methods of forming gravel packs while reducing fluid loss to the surrounding subterranean formation. The methods involve suspending gravel that has been coated with a tackifying agent and...
8167043 Degradable material assisted diversion or isolation  
A method for well treatment by forming a temporary plug in a fracture, a perforation, a wellbore, or more than one of these locations, in a well penetrating a subterranean formation is provided, in...
8167039 Method of fracturing a subterranean formation at optimized and pre-determined conditions  
Prior to a hydraulic fracturing treatment, the requisite median diameter of a proppant, dprop, into a fracture of defined length, DPST, may be estimated in accordance with Equation (I):...
8151876 Well stimulation  
Disclosed are processes for improving recovery of product from a subterranean carbonaceous deposit wherein there has been a reduction in product recovery from a production well, the processes...
8141637 Manipulation of flow underground  
Solid material required at a subterranean location is supplied from the surface suspended in a carrier liquid and agglomerated below ground by means of a binding liquid. To achieve agglomeration,...
8136593 Methods for maintaining conductivity of proppant pack  
Methods suitable for use in a subterranean formation utilizing particulates coated with both a tackifier and a resin.
8134432 Magnetically biased magnetopropant and pump  
Provided is a system and method for enabling pressure or acoustic waves to induce magnetostrictive volume or shape change, providing greater control over magnetopropants. A coating material and the...
8127850 Method of treating subterranean formations using sequential proppant stages  
An increase in effective propped lengths is evidenced in hydraulic fracturing treatments by the use of ultra lightweight (ULW) proppants. The ULW proppants have a density less than or equal to 2.45...
8119576 Ceramic coated particulates  
Treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations are discussed, with particular attention to those utilizing ceramic coated particulates. Certain embodiments pertain to particulates and...
8109336 Method of fracturing using ultra lightweight proppant suspensions and gaseous streams  
In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight...
8097566 Methods of fracturing subterranean formations using sulfonated gelling agent polymers  
Methods of forming one or more fractures in a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore including the steps of providing a high ionic strength treating fluid that comprises water and one or...
8091637 Proppant for use in a subterranean formation  
A method for filling an annular area within a wellbore penetrated by a subterranean formation is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) introducing a proppant into a wellbore to form a...
8082992 Methods of fluid-controlled geometry stimulation  
Methods including the steps of selecting a target fracture geometry for a portion of a subterranean formation; selecting a target tip pressure and a target back flow pressure based at least in part...
8082994 Methods for enhancing fracture conductivity in subterranean formations  
Methods of enhancing the conductivity of fractures in subterranean formations comprising: providing a propped fracture in a subterranean formation wherein a plurality of proppant particulates...
8074715 Methods of setting particulate plugs in horizontal well bores using low-rate slurries  
Methods for setting particulate plugs in at least partially horizontal sections of well bores are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises the step of selecting a deposition location for a...
8066073 Methods of limiting leak off and damage in hydraulic fractures  
Methods for treating a formation penetrated by a wellbore which improves fluid loss control during treatment. In some aspects, the treatments include preparing an aqueous fluid including one or...
8061427 Well product recovery process  
A process for fracturing a selected region of a formation including: introducing a supply of fracturing fluid to the region of the formation until a first threshold is reached, adjusting the flow...
8062998 Method of treating a formation using deformable proppants  
A substance and method for treating a subterranean formation using hydraulic fracturing. A non-metallic, substantially deformable, proppant particle is “elastically flexible” or “plastically compr...
8061424 Method for hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formation  
The invention provides economically effective methods for hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation that ensure improvement of the hydraulic fracturcconductivity because of forming strong...
8058213 Increasing buoyancy of well treating materials  
A composite proppant having an increased buoyancy comprising a proppant substrate such as a porous ceramic or a silica sand coated with a material of a lesser actual density than the apparent...
8051911 Method of fracturing a subterranean formation at optimized and pre-determined conditions  
Prior to a hydraulic fracturing treatment, the requisite injection rate for a desired propped fracture length of a fracture may be estimated with knowledge of certain physical properties of the...
8034750 Borozirconate systems in completion systems  
A cross-linking system for hydratable polymers for using is formation fracturing applications is disclosed along with methods for using same, where the cross-linking system includes a reaction...
8022014 Deep eutectic solvents and applications  
A method of solubilizing/removing cellulose or chemically-modified cellulosic polymers utilized in subterranean drilling operations such as fracturing. The method involves introducing a deep...
7972555 Method for fabricating compressible objects for a variable density drilling mud  
Methods for fabricating compressible object are described. These compressible objects may be utilized in drilling mud and with a drilling system to manage the density of the drilling mud. The...
7971644 Fluid loss additive and breaking agent  
A system includes a hydraulic fracturing fluid including a polymeric constituent and an additive having particles including poly-vinyl acetate in an amount sufficient to control fluid loss. The...
7971643 Methods and compositions of a storable relatively lightweight proppant slurry for hydraulic fracturing and gravel packing applications  
Methods and compositions useful for subterranean formation treatments, such as hydraulic fracturing treatments and sand control that utilize relatively lightweight and/or substantially neutrally...
7963330 Resin compositions and methods of using resin compositions to control proppant flow-back  
Methods and compositions that include a resin composition having from about 5% to about 30% phenol, from about 40% to about 70% phenol formaldehyde, from about 10 to about 40% furfuryl alcohol,...
7956017 Aggregating reagents, modified particulate metal-oxides and proppants  
A method for treating solid materials is disclosed, where the treating compositions coats surfaces or portions of surfaces of the solid materials changing an aggregation or agglomeration propensity...
7942201 Apparatus, compositions, and methods of breaking fracturing fluids  
Apparatus and methods of reducing the viscosity of a gelled fluid is provided. In one embodiment, a viscosity reducing microbe is disposed in a capsule and added to the gelled fluid. The gelled...
7938185 Fracture stimulation of layered reservoirs  
A hydraulic fracturing process consisting essentially of drilling a wellbore through at least one reservoir formation, installing in said wellbore at least one conduit, ensuring pressure...
7931084 Methods for treating a subterranean formation by introducing a treatment fluid containing a proppant and a swellable particulate and subsequently degrading the swellable particulate  
A method is provided for treating at least a portion of a subterranean formation. The method includes the steps of: (a) introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the...
7921911 Surface-modifying agents for wettability modification  
A method and composition for treating a subterranean formation with a fluid, including forming a fluid including a particulate and an organosilane with the chemical formula RnSiX4-n, wherein n is...
7913762 Method of fracturing using ultra lightweight proppant suspensions and gaseous streams  
In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight...
7896075 Subterranean treatment fluids with enhanced particulate transport or suspension capabilities and associated methods  
Subterranean treatment fluids that exhibit enhanced particulate transport or suspension capabilities, and associated methods of use in certain subterranean treatments are provided. In one...
7893801 Magnetically biased magnetopropant and pump  
Provided is a system and method for enabling pressure or acoustic waves to induce magnetostrictive volume or shape change, providing greater control over magnetopropants. A coating material and the...
7875574 Method of treating a formation using deformable proppants  
A substance and method for treating a subterranean formation using hydraulic fracturing. A non-metallic, substantially deformable, proppant particle is “elastically flexible” or “plastically compr...
7870901 Inhibiting formation face failure in oil and gas wells  
A technique includes running a string into a well bore and inhibiting formation face failure. The well bore extends at least partially through a non-producing layer and a hydrocarbon formation...
7857051 Internal breaker for oilfield treatments  
A composition and method for improving the fluid efficiency of many oilfield treatments is given. The composition is a solid additive, in a viscosified fluid, in a size range small enough that it...
7849923 Proppant entrainment prevention method  
Elimination of sand entrainment and a significant increase in hydrodynamic permeability of the sand pack in an area near the wellbore are achieved through the use of a sand and/or proppant, and...
7836952 Proppant for use in a subterranean formation  
The invention provides a proppant for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, wherein a typical specimen of the proppant has a non-globular and non-fibrous shape. The invention...
7829510 Sand aggregating reagents, modified sands, and methods for making and using same  
A composition for treating solid materials is disclosed, where the treating compositions coats surfaces or portions of surfaces of the solid materials changing an aggregation or agglomeration...
7814980 Micro-crosslinked gels and associated methods  
Methods of forming and utilizing micro-crosslinked gels are disclosed, including a method comprising: providing a micro-crosslinked gel that comprises micro-domains; and placing the...
7806182 Stimulation method  
A subterranean formation stimulation method utilizes a treatment fluid comprising residual drilling fluid injected into the formation, and producing the stimulated formation. In one embodiment, a...
7798224 Rheology controlled heterogeneous particle placement in hydraulic fracturing  
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore includes preparing a treatment fluid with shear thinning, non-monotonic rheological properties, injecting the treatment fluid...
7795188 Zirconium-base cross-linker compositions and their use in high pH oil field applications  
A zirconium cross-linking agent produced by a process which comprises contacting a zirconium triethanolamine complex with a mixture of polyols, which mixture comprises a hydroxyalkylated diamine...
7784541 System and method for low damage fracturing  
A system includes a wellbore in fluid communication with a formation of interest and a fracturing slurry include a carrier fluid with a low amount of a viscosifier, an amount of proppant including...
7779915 Methods of limiting leak off and damage in hydraulic fractures  
Methods for treating a formation penetrated by a wellbore which improves fluid loss control during treatment. In some aspects, the treatments include preparing an aqueous fluid including one or...
7775278 Degradable material assisted diversion or isolation  
A method for well treatment by forming a temporary plug in a fracture, a perforation, a wellbore, or more than one of these locations, in a well penetrating a subterranean formation is provided, in...
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