WO2009079231A2 - Procédés d'accès à et/ou de traitement d'une formation souterraine - Google Patents

Procédés d'accès à et/ou de traitement d'une formation souterraine Download PDF

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WO2009079231A2
WO2009079231A2 PCT/US2008/085657 US2008085657W WO2009079231A2 WO 2009079231 A2 WO2009079231 A2 WO 2009079231A2 US 2008085657 W US2008085657 W US 2008085657W WO 2009079231 A2 WO2009079231 A2 WO 2009079231A2
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Dean Michael Willberg
James G. Carlson
Ignatius A. Kadoma
Yong K. Wu
Michael D. Crandall
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Schlumberger Canada Limited
Services Petroliers Schlumberger
Schlumberger Holdings Limited
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  • This disclosure relates to the recovery of hydrocarbons from subterranean formations. More particularly, the disclosure relates to methods of using fluid compositions to recover hydrocarbons from subterranean formations.
  • Undesired transport or flowback of formation or particulate solids during the production of oil or other fluids from a subterranean formation can be a problem in production operations.
  • transported particulate solids from the formation may restrict flow in a wellbore, limiting or completely stopping production of the fluid.
  • the solids being transported may substantially increase fluid friction, thereby increasing pumping requirements, and may cause significant wear in production equipment, particularly in the pumps and seals used in the production process.
  • undesired particulate solids in a recovered product fluid must be separated to render the product fluid commercially useful.
  • undesired particulate flowback may be the result, not of formation characteristics, such as a lack of consolidation, but of the flowback of proppant utilized in a fracturing operation.
  • the proppant particles become undesirable contaminants in the manner of any undesired formation particulate solids, since they can cause the same operational difficulties.
  • multicomponent fibers have not been used or suggested for use in any downhole well servicing applications.
  • multicomponent fibers we mean fibers that have two or more distinct phases, regions, or chemical compositions; in other words, two or more regions that are distinct either physically, chemically, or both physically and chemically. Because multicomponent fibers have at least two distinct regions they may be engineered to have multiple beneficial properties, and these properties can be tuned to a greater extent than that of a single component material fiber.
  • the material in the inner core of a core-sheath fiber can be selected for strength, flexibility and robustness, while the outer layer can be selected for its adhesive qualities.
  • One aspect of the disclosure are methods of contacting a subterranean formation comprising: injecting into a well-bore intersecting the subterranean formation a fluid composition comprising a first component and a second component dispersed in a carrier fluid, at least a portion of the first component or at least a portion of the second component being provided as at least one multicomponent article having an aspect ratio greater than 1 :1 .1 (in some embodiments, greater than 1 :5, 1 :10, 1 :50, 1 :100, or even 1 :150); forming a network comprising the first component; and binding the network with the second component.
  • Methods in accordance with this aspect of the disclosure include those wherein the at least one multicomponent article has an exposed outer surface at least a portion of which comprises at least a portion of the first component.
  • the forming and binding may be performed subsequent to injecting.
  • the methods further comprise modifying at least one of the first or second components by at least one controlled modification process.
  • At least some of the multicomponent articles may have a shape selected from hollow, prismatic, cylindrical, lobed, rectangular, polygonal, dog-boned, faceted, combinations of these, and mixtures thereof.
  • multicomponent articles are different from other multicomponent articles in the same fluid composition injected into the wellbore, wherein the difference may be in composition, shape, texture, aspect ratio, physical properties, and the like, and any combination of these.
  • at least some of the multicomponent articles may have a shape different from the other multicomponent articles.
  • at least some multicomponent articles may comprise the first component and the second component, and other multicomponent articles may comprise a third component and a fourth component.
  • one of the first and second components may be the same as one of the third and fourth components.
  • At least one of the first and second components may be an activated adhesive, and in these embodiments the activated adhesive may selected from pressure-sensitive adhesives, temperature- sensitive adhesives, moisture-sensitive adhesives, and curing agent-sensitive adhesives.
  • one of the first component and second component may be selected to be tacky at a specific downhole temperature and have a modulus of less than about 3 ⁇ 10 6 dynes/cm 2 (3 x 10 5 N/m 2 ) at a frequency of about 1 Hz at a temperature greater than -60 Q C.
  • the fluid composition may further comprise proppant.
  • Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of contacting a subterranean formation comprising: injecting into a well-bore intersecting the subterranean formation a fluid composition comprising a multicomponent article dispersed in a carrier fluid wherein the multicomponent article has an aspect ratio greater than 1 :5 (in some embodiments, greater than 1 :10, 1 :50, 1 :100, or even 1 :150) and comprises a: a core having a softening point of at least 13CO; and a sheath having a softening point up to 13CO.
  • Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of contacting a subterranean formation comprising: injecting into a well-bore intersecting the subterranean formation a fluid composition comprising a multicomponent article dispersed in a carrier fluid wherein the multicomponent article has an aspect ratio greater than 1 :5 (in some embodiments, greater than 1 :10, 1 :50, 1 :100, or even 1 :150) and comprises a: a core having a softening point of at least 13CO; an outer sheath that is at least one of (a) inert relative to the carrier fluid or (b) degradable under the subterranean formation conditions; and an intermediate sheath positioned between the core and the outer sheath, the intermediate sheath having a softening point up to 130 0 C.
  • Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of contacting a subterranean formation comprising: injecting into a well-bore intersecting the subterranean formation a fluid composition comprising a first component and a second component dispersed in a carrier fluid, wherein the first component and the second component are provided as separate articles to the carrier fluid separately prior to injection; forming a network comprising at least one first component article in direct contact with another first component article; and binding the network with the second component.
  • Methods in accordance with an aspect of the disclosure include methods further comprising modifying at least one of the first or second components by at least one controlled modification process.
  • the modification process may be selected from chemical, physical, mechanical, radiation, and combinations thereof.
  • the modification process may be selected from temperature activation, chemical activation, pressure activation, mechanical activation, curing, exposure to electromagnetic fields, exposure to electromagnetic radiation, exposure to ionizing radiation, physical entanglement, degradation, concurrent application of at least two of these processes, consecutive application of at least two of these processes, and combinations thereof.
  • Certain methods further comprise modifying at least one of the first or second components upon injection into the well-bore.
  • the method comprises modifying at least one of the first or the second components over a period of time after injection into the well-bore. In other embodiments, the method further comprises modifying at least one of the first or second components in stages after injection into the well-bore. In certain embodiments, at least one of the first component or second component may be an activated adhesive as described in relation to methods within the previous aspect of the disclosure. In certain methods, at least one of the first component or second components may comprise a degradable polymer. In certain other embodiments, the first component may be selected from thermoplastic and thermoset materials. Thermoplastic materials useful in the disclosure as first components may be selected from polyester, polyamide, polyolefin, copolymers thereof, and physical mixtures thereof.
  • the second component may be selected from polyolefins, polyolefin copolymers, polyurethanes, epoxies, polyesters, polyamides, polyacrylates, and mixtures there of.
  • the fluid composition may comprise an acid. At least one of the first or second components may be selected from polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid. In certain embodiments, the fluid composition may further comprise proppant.
  • Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of contacting a subterranean formation comprising: injecting into a well-bore intersecting the subterranean formation a fluid composition comprising a first component and a second component dispersed in a carrier fluid; forming a network comprising the first component; and binding the network with the second component, wherein the second component is selected to be tacky at a specific downhole temperature and have a modulus of less than 3 ⁇ 10 6 dynes/cm 2 (3 x 10 5 N/m 2 ) at a frequency of about 1 Hz at a temperature greater than -60 Q C.
  • Methods in accordance with this aspect of the disclosure include methods wherein the first component and second component may be blended together.
  • blended together includes, but is not limited to, at least the following embodiments: intermixed; intertwined; adjacent each other; self-adhered to each other; adhered to each other by a third component; and mixtures thereof.
  • at least a portion of the first component and a portion of the second component may be provided in at least one multicomponent article.
  • at least one multicomponent article may comprise the first element, the article having an exterior surface, and wherein the first element is exposed for at least a portion of the exterior surface.
  • the fluid composition may further comprise proppant.
  • Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of treating a subterranean formation comprising: pumping under pressure into a well-bore intersecting the subterranean formation a fluid composition comprising a first component and a second component dispersed in a carrier fluid; forming a network comprising the first component; and binding the network with the second component, wherein at least a portion of the first component and a portion of the second component are provided as multicomponent articles having an aspect ratio greater than 1 :1.1 (in some embodiments, greater than 1 :5, 1 :10, 1 :50, 1 :100, or even 1 :150).
  • Methods in accordance with this aspect of the disclosure may further comprise contacting a surface of a fracture in the subterranean formation with the fluid composition, wherein the fluid composition may further comprise proppant.
  • the fluid composition may comprise a fluid loss additive.
  • the fluid composition may comprise acid.
  • the methods further comprise placing proppant in a fracture in the subterranean formation.
  • the methods may further comprise modifying at least one of the first or second components by at least one controlled modification process.
  • one of the first component and second component may be an activated adhesive.
  • the second component may be selected to be tacky at a specific downhole temperature and have a modulus of less than 3 x 10 6 dynes/cm 2 (3 x 10 5 N/m 2 ) at a frequency of about 1 Hz at a temperature greater than -60 Q C.
  • at least some multicomponent articles may comprise the first component and the second component and other multicomponent articles may comprise a third component and a fourth component.
  • one of the first or second component may be the same as one of the third or fourth components.
  • Yet another aspect of the disclosure are methods of reducing migration of solids comprising: providing a fluid composition into a well-bore, the well-bore intersecting a subterranean formation, the fluid composition comprising a first component and a second component dispersed in a carrier fluid, at least one of the first component and second component having an aspect ratio greater than 1 :1.1 (in some embodiments, greater than 1 :5, 1 :10, 1 :50, 1 :100, or even 1 :150), wherein the second component is selected to be tacky at a specific downhole temperature and have a modulus of less than 3 x 10 6 dynes/cm 2 (3 x 10 5 N/m 2 ) at a frequency of about 1 Hz at a temperature greater than -60 Q C; forming a network comprising the first component; binding the network with the second component; and contacting the subterranean formation with the fluid composition.
  • Methods in accordance with this aspect of the disclosure include those methods wherein the forming and binding are performed prior to contacting. In certain methods the forming and binding may be performed upon or after contacting. In yet other methods at least some of the first component may comprise staple fibers, prolate spheroids, needles, strips, platelets, ribbons, sheets, tubes, capsules, combinations of more than one of these together in an article, and mixtures thereof. In certain embodiments, at least a portion of the first component and a portion of the second component may be provided in the same multicomponent article. In other embodiments, at least one multicomponent article may comprise the first element, the article has an exterior surface, and the first element may be exposed on at least a portion of the exterior surface.
  • the second component may be an activated adhesive as described in previous aspects. Certain method embodiments include those further comprising modifying the second component after providing into the well-bore; methods further comprising modifying the second component over a period of time; and methods further comprising modifying the second component in stages.
  • the solids may comprise formation fines, and in certain other embodiments the solids may comprise proppant.
  • the second component may be modified by a process selected from, for example, temperature activation, chemical activation, pressure activation, mechanical activation, curing, exposure to electromagnetic fields, exposure to electromagnetic radiation, exposure to ionizing radiation, physical entanglement, degradation, concurrently application of at least two of these processes, consecutive application of at least two of these processes, and combinations thereof.
  • the carrier fluid may be water-based, oil-based, or mixture thereof, and may or may not comprise one or more gases or vapors dissolved or dispersed in a liquid, or other common oilfield additives, such as surfactants, rheology modifiers, and the like.
  • the carrier fluid may be of any pH, temperature, and pressure, as long as the first and second components (and optionally other components, such as proppant particles) are able to be dispersed therein and are not significantly adversely affected by the pH, temperature and pressure of the carrier fluid.
  • the network formed comprises at least a first component (sometimes referred to herein as a network component) and a second component (sometimes referred to herein as a modifiable component) designed as stated.
  • the design includes embodiments wherein the first component is coated (fully or partially) with the second component; embodiments wherein the first and second components are intermixed; embodiments wherein the first and second components are intertwined; embodiments wherein the first and second components are placed adjacent each other; embodiments wherein the first and second components are self-adhered to each other; embodiments wherein the first and second components are adhered to each other by a third component; embodiments wherein at least some portions of the network are multicomponent articles; and mixtures thereof.
  • multicomponent is meant having two or more regions of phase and/or chemical compositions; in other words, two or more regions that are distinct either physically, chemically, or both physically and chemically (for example regions having different glass transition temperatures, Tg). Because multicomponent articles have at least two distinct regions they may be designed to have multiple beneficial properties, and these properties may be tuned to a greater extent than that of a single component material. As one of many examples, in the case of multicomponent fibers, the material in the inner core of a core-sheath fiber may be selected for strength, flexibility and robustness, while the outer layer may be selected for its adhesive qualities.
  • a side-by-side bicomponent fiber may have one component selected for strength, flexibility and robustness, while the other component may be selected for its adhesive qualities.
  • suitable multicomponent articles include those wherein the least robust material is enclosed in a more robust sheath; those wherein polymers such as PLA and polyglycolic acid is enclosed in a sheath comprised of polyester, polyamide, and/or polyolefin thermoplastic; those wherein a sensitive adhesive, for example a pressure-sensitive adhesive, temperature-sensitive adhesive, moisture- sensitive adhesive, or curing agent-sensitive adhesive is enclosed in a degradable sheath, such as a polymer sheath; and those wherein one of the components is selected to be tacky at a specific downhole temperature, such as the bottomhole static temperature (BHST), and have a modulus of less than 3 ⁇ 10 6 dynes/cm 2 (3 x 10 5 N/m 2 ) at a frequency of about 1 Hz at a temperature greater than -60 Q C.
  • BHST bottomhole static
  • Certain fluid compositions useful in certain method embodiments may comprise proppant.
  • Methods within this aspect of the disclosure include those wherein proppant is combined with the fluid composition prior to and/or during injecting the fluid composition into the wellbore.
  • Other methods within the disclosure include those wherein the injecting comprises pumping the fluid composition into the wellbore under pressure, either with or without a proppant in the fluid composition.
  • Exemplary methods of the disclosure comprise modifying at least a substantial portion of the modifiable component near a percentage of fractures after injecting the fluid composition plus proppant into the wellbore, thereby reducing proppant flowback from that percentage of fractures. The percentage may range from 10 percent to 100 percent.
  • Methods within the disclosure include methods of controlling (in certain embodiments reducing or eliminating) particle or fluid flow between the subterranean wellbore and a subterranean formation. Certain methods of the disclosure are those wherein the controlling particle flow comprises reducing fines migration from the subterranean formation into the wellbore. The controlling may be effected by modifying at least a portion of the modifiable component.
  • the multicomponent articles in the fluid compositions may all be the same, or mixtures of two or more different multicomponent articles.
  • the modifiable component may be the same or different from one multicomponent article to the other in the same fluid composition.
  • the network component may be the same or different from one multicomponent article to the other in the same fluid composition.
  • methods of the disclosure may comprise injecting a first fluid composition within the disclosure, followed sequentially by one or more additional fluid compositions within the disclosure, each fluid composition within the disclosure having a different network component, or a different modifiable component, or both.
  • Oilfield operations within the disclosure include completion operations, acidizing, fracturing, flow diverting and other operations.
  • the environmental conditions of the wellbore during running and retrieving may be the same or different from the environmental conditions during use in the wellbore or at the surface.
  • Methods of the disclosure include those comprising using a first fluid composition of the disclosure downhole to perform a first task, a second fluid composition of the disclosure to perform a second task downhole, and so on.
  • FIGS. 1A-1 D are schematic cross-sections of four prior art multicomponent fibers useful in methods of the disclosure.
  • FIGS. 2A-2G are schematic perspective views of various multicomponent articles useful in methods of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic plot of modulus (dynes/cm 2 ) vs. temperature ( 0 C) comparing measurable bond strength to parallel plates of two different multicomponent fibers useful in the disclosure, illustrating that these fibers had measurable bond strength and in addition satisfied the Dahlquist criteria for tack; and
  • FIG. 4 is a plot of fiber concentration versus proppant pack flow during flowback tests.
  • Described herein are methods of using fluid compositions comprising one or more multicomponent articles or materials for downhole well servicing. Also described are networks made from the fluid compositions after the fluid compositions are pumped downhole and exposed to one or more modifying conditions.
  • the term "oilfield” includes land based (surface and subsurface) and sub-seabed applications, and in certain instances seawater applications, such as when exploration, drilling, or production equipment is deployed through a water column.
  • the term “oilfield” as used herein includes oil and gas reservoirs, and formations or portions of formations where oil and gas are expected but may ultimately only contain water, brine, or some other composition.
  • Well operation includes, but is not limited to, well stimulation operations, such as hydraulic fracturing, acidizing, acid fracturing, fracture acidizing, fluid diversion, sand control gravel packing, gravel pack improvement, particulate migration reduction, completion operations using completion tools and/or completion tool accessories, or any other well treatment, whether or not performed to restore or enhance the productivity of a well.
  • Solids migration can be a significant issue in subterranean well construction, intervention and stimulation operations. These solids, usually of a granular nature, can be composed of many different materials of many different sizes.
  • They may be the actual proppant pumped during a fracturing treatment, or the finer grained material produced by the crushing of these proppants. They may also be grains or fines spalled or eroded from the subterranean rock surface. They may be composed of salts or scale precipitates. In some cases they can be of an organic nature, such as asphaltene, lignitic, Kerogenic, and anthracitic in nature. They may also be introduced into the formation. For example they may be finely ground sand, mica, or other mineral materials used as fluid loss agents.
  • Fines production is a common occurrence in many weak formations including that of coal seams. Although it is practically unavoidable that some fines are produced, they cause the greatest damage when large quantities of these fines are generated and are allowed to migrate and clog up the pores of the hydraulic fracture. In some situations it may be much better if these fines were localized close to their place of origin, and were not allowed to migrate and accumulate.
  • solids immobilization is useful is for the creation and placement of "filtercakes" and fluid leakoff additives.
  • materials are added to wellbore construction, intervention and stimulation processes with the express intent of blocking or impeding fluid flow across a rock surface. These materials include but are not limited to finely ground sand, finely ground limestone, spun limestone, rock wool, sized calcium and magnesium carbonate particles, benzoic acid flakes, and the like. It is best if the materials added stay in place, first so that less material is used, and second so that migration of this material does not cause damage somewhere else in the fracture or wellbore.
  • One useful set of multicomponent articles are multicomponent core-sheath fibers having (or which may be modified to have) a tacky external sheath.
  • These fibers are comprised of two or more materials.
  • one material supplies a flexible to rigid network under the well conditions, while the second material serves to adhere to other fibers, proppant, rock and/or other interfaces in the well.
  • the fiber components are chosen to achieve performance in the specific well conditions, and this is what is meant by “designed” herein.
  • Having the second material allows the formation of "netting” or a network of first component connected by portions of the second material produced in-situ downhole such that oil, gas or other fluids may pass through but particulate matter will not.
  • the flexible "backbone” of the fibers helps the reinforced proppant pack withstand stress cycling. Also as a result of the tacky component debris that might otherwise pass through the "netting" will become adhered to the fibers.
  • FIGS. 1A-D Four examples of multicomponent fibers useful in the methods and systems of the disclosure are illustrated in FIGS. 1A-D.
  • embodiment 10 of FIG. 1 A comprises a pie-wedge fiber having a circular cross-section 12, and a first component 14a and 14b, a second component 16a and 16b, and a third component 18a and 18b.
  • FIG. 1 B illustrates a fiber 20 having a circular cross-section 22 that may have two or more components: a single component sheath 24, and one or more other components in more interior fibers 26.
  • FIG. 1A-D Four examples of multicomponent fibers useful in the methods and systems of the disclosure are illustrated in FIGS. 1A-D.
  • embodiment 10 of FIG. 1 A comprises a pie-wedge fiber having a circular cross-section 12, and a first component 14a and 14b, a second component 16a and 16b, and a third component 18a and 18b.
  • FIG. 1 B illustrates a fiber 20 having a circular cross-section 22
  • FIG. 1 C illustrates an embodiment 30 also having a circular cross-section 32, with four layered regions 34a, 34b, 36a, and 36b, which may comprise two, three, or four different compositions, phases, and the like.
  • FIG. 1 D illustrates another bi-component fiber embodiment 40 having a core-sheath structure (also sometimes referred to as sheath-core structure; the terms are considered equivalent structures and structural equivalents herein) having a sheath 44 and a core 46.
  • core-sheath structure also sometimes referred to as sheath-core structure; the terms are considered equivalent structures and structural equivalents herein
  • FIGS. 2A-G illustrate perspective views of other structures.
  • FIG. 2A illustrates an article 50 having a triangular cross- section 52, wherein a first component 54 exists in one region, and a second component 56 is positioned adjacent first component 54, and where one of components 54 and 56 is modifiable.
  • FIG. 2B illustrates an embodiment 60 having an outer capsule or pellet shape 62.
  • Embodiment 60 comprises a core region 64 having a first composition, and an outer region 68 comprising a second composition surrounding core 64.
  • a coating 66 may comprise a third composition. At least one of components 64, 66 and 68 is modifiable.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an article 50 having a triangular cross- section 52, wherein a first component 54 exists in one region, and a second component 56 is positioned adjacent first component 54, and where one of components 54 and 56 is modifiable.
  • FIG. 2B illustrates an embodiment 60 having an outer capsule or pellet shape 62.
  • Embodiment 60 comprises
  • FIG. 2C illustrates a ribbon-shaped embodiment 70 having a generally rectangular cross-section and an undulating shape 72.
  • a first layer 74 comprises a first composition
  • a second layer 76 comprises a second composition, where one of components 72 and 74 is modifiable.
  • FIG. 2D illustrates a coiled or crimped fiber embodiment 80 having a first component 82 along side a second component 84, where one of components 82 and 84 is modifiable. The distance between coils, 86, may be adjusted according to the properties desired.
  • FIG. 2E illustrates a platelet embodiment 90 of irregular shape having a first layer 92, a second layer 94, and a third layer 96 each having different compositions, where at least one of components 92 and 94 is modifiable.
  • the first or second component may be non-polymeric and the third layer being an inert material such as finely divided calcium carbonate, mica, or fatty acids.
  • the third layer may serve as a barrier to adhesion until conditions (such as squeezing or pinching of the fiber between grains of proppant) occur to alter its integrity.
  • FIG. 2F illustrates an embodiment 100 having a cylindrical shape, and having a first annular component 102, a second annular component 104, the latter component defining hollow core 106.
  • Hollow core may optionally be partially or fully filled with an additive, such as a tackifier, curing agent or the like for one of the components 102, 104, where at least one of components 102 and 104 is modifiable.
  • FIG. 2G illustrates a lobed-structure 110 having five lobes 1 12. A first component 114 exists in the outer portions of lobes 112, while a second component 116 fills the remainder of the structure.
  • At least one of components 1 14 and 116 is modifiable. These are merely representative examples of multicomponent articles useful in the disclosure, and are not intended to be limiting in any way. Methods of making these structures, as well as more complicated structures, are considered well-known to the skilled artisan.
  • one component or region of the article may be tacky, or is designed to have latent tackiness (in other words tack can be increased by exposure to one or more conditions during or after deployment through a wellbore).
  • the tack properties of articles useful in the disclosure may be controlled by at least two methods, which may be used individually or in combination.
  • the first method is temperature activation of the polymer comprising an external sheath as it warms up in the wellbore or in the fracture. Certain embodiments may be activated at or near the bottomhole static temperature (BHST).
  • BHST bottomhole static temperature
  • Some examples include: a) a segmented fiber comprised of about 70 percent high density polyethylene/30 percent polyethylene terephthalate; and b) a core-sheath fiber composed of two polyester resins, marketed under the trade designation "KOSA T-259", by KoSa, Salisbury, NC.
  • Tack is defined as the property of a material that enables it to form a bond of measurable strength after it is brought into contact under pressure with another material. Tack is deemed a desirable property of fibers and other multicomponent articles useful in the disclosure, and in situ networks useful in the disclosure, for solids migration control, as it is thought to create a bond between solids, for example proppant, fines, precipitates, and the like, and the walls of the fractured borehole.
  • a stress-controlled rheometer model AR2000 manufactured by TA Instruments, New Castle, DE
  • a test method was developed to measure the bond strength of various fibers as a function of temperature. The results are illustrated in FIG. 3 for the two fibers mentioned previously.
  • results for the 70 percent high density polyethylene/30 percent polyethylene terephthalate fibers are represented by the solid line in FIG. 3, while results for the a core-sheath fiber composed of two polyester resins, marketed under the trade designation "KOSA T-259" are represented by the dashed line in FIG. 3.
  • a plurality of fibers were placed between two 20mm parallel plates of a rheometer and a sinusoidal frequency of 1 Hz at 1% strain applied over a temperature range of 100- 15CO. Results are shown in FIG. 3 plotted as modulus (dynes/cm 2 ) vs. temperature ( 0 C.).
  • the two samples had measurable bond strength and in addition satisfied the Dahlquist criterion for tack. This criterion stipulates that at a given temperature the modulus of any tacky adhesive is less than 3 x 10 6 dynes/cm 2 (3 x 10 5 N/m 2 ) at a frequency of about 1 Hz.
  • Heated fluids useful in the disclosure that function to deliver heat to regions of a formation may be selected from gases, vapors, liquids, and combinations thereof, and may be selected from water, organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, steam, and mixtures thereof.
  • a second method is chemical activation.
  • a solvent or tackifying agent is added to the fluid to soften and tackify one of the polymers comprising the fiber or other article. This may be performed in combination with temperature activation.
  • the solvent may be combined with other components of fluid compositions useful in methods of the disclosure, or pumped in separately as a slug.
  • Another method is stress or contact pressure activation of adhesion, for example by the pinching of fiber between adjacent grains of proppant, or between grains of proppant and the wall of the fracture.
  • Tackifiers typically comprise an organic material having a glass transition temperature of no less than about 120 0 C. (in certain embodiments, no less than about 150 0 C.) and a diluent present in sufficient amount to give the tackifier a kinematic viscosity ranging from about 3,000 to about 5,000 centistokes at 100 0 C.
  • the diluent may be an organic oil, such as a mineral oil (i.e., a hydrocarbon oil derived from petroleum, such as paraffin oils, naphthenic oils, and the like, or a coal oil or rock oil).
  • a mineral oil i.e., a hydrocarbon oil derived from petroleum, such as paraffin oils, naphthenic oils, and the like, or a coal oil or rock oil.
  • One particularly useful mineral oil is slate oil.
  • Another particularly useful mineral oil is seneca oil.
  • oils will generally have a kinematic viscosity ranging from about 100 to about 300 centistokes at 100 0 C., and some will have a kinematic viscosity ranging from about 150 to about 250 centistokes.
  • kinematic viscosity has its generally accepted meaning, the absolute viscosity (sometimes referred to as the dynamic viscosity) of the fluid divided by its mass density.
  • the diluent may comprise one or more light-colored naphthenic oils.
  • the amount of tackifier present in a multicomponent article useful in practicing the disclosed methods preferably ranges from about 0.5 to about 2 weight percent, or from about 0.5 to about 1 weight percent of the total weight of a multicomponent article.
  • An adhesion agent may also be present, the amount of adhesion agent ranging from about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent of the multicomponent article weight, the balance being organic oil.
  • the organic material component of tackifiers useful in the disclosure may be selected from organic monomers, oligomers or polymers having a glass transition temperature (Tg) no less than about 12CO., in some embodiments, no less than about 15CO.
  • Tg glass transition temperature
  • Two categories of organic polymeric materials useful in tackifier compositions are polyalkylene resins and polycycloalkene resins, the latter group including aromatic organic resins.
  • Useful polyalkylene resins include polybutene resins, dipentene resins, terpolymers of ethene, 1 -propene, and 1 ,4-hexadiene, and the like.
  • Useful polycycloalkene resins include phenol-aldehyde resins; polyterpene resins; rosins, including rosin acids and esters, and hydrogenated rosins; polyethylene rosin esters; phenolic polyterpene resins; limonene resins; pinene resins such as alpha and beta pinene resins; styrenated terpene resins, and the like.
  • a tackifier useful in compositions methods of the disclosure comprises a terpolymer of ethene, 1 -propene, and 1 ,4-hexadiene adjusted to the above preferred kinematic viscosity with a light-colored naphthenic oil, such as the naphthenic oil known under the trade designation "HS-500", available from Cross Oil & Refining Co., Smackover, AR.
  • HS-500 the naphthenic oil known under the trade designation
  • Other suitable tackifiers and their ingredients are discussed in US Patent Number 5,362,566 (George et al.), incorporated herein by reference.
  • a second set of useful multicomponent articles are multicomponent fibers having an outer protective sheath.
  • Many of the low cost polymers that would be useful for subterranean application are of the type known as condensation polymers.
  • Polyamides and polyesters are two examples. These materials often have suitable mechanical properties for proppant flowback control but are prone to hydrolytic degradation (either main polymer chain degradation, side chain degradation, or both) in subterranean environments. Furthermore, many of their degradation products can precipitate out with divalent cations in the formation or in the production line causing damage or a reduction in productivity.
  • Phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-based resins on the other hand, although more impervious to chemical degradation, have less desirable mechanical properties and are more difficult to fabricate and handle in the fibrous form.
  • the multicomponent articles comprise an inner material coated with a second composition, for example the inner material being relatively more prone to hydrolysis than the outer material.
  • the articles may be multicomponent coated fibers, which are particularly useful for reducing solids migration - in particular for proppant flowback control.
  • the inner material may be selected for its mechanical properties, its cost and its ease of fabrication.
  • the outer, coating material may be selected for its ability to withstand hydrolytic degradation.
  • a first example which may have structure such as illustrated in FIG. 1 D, is a polylactic acid fiber as core 46 of a multicomponent fiber, co-extruded with a polyamide or PET shell as sheath 44.
  • a second example may be a polyamide core covered by a phenolic or melamine based resin system.
  • multicomponent fibers comprising at least one curable component. These embodiments are similar to embodiments described herein comprising core-sheath fibers having (or which may be modified to have) a tacky external sheath, however in embodiments comprising a curable component, during the time that a fluid composition of the disclosure is pumped into a wellbore, the outer surface of the fibers or other articles are in an uncured state, or in a partially cured state, or contain components that may initiate curing through action of a latent curing agent.
  • An example is a coating comprising an uncured epoxy resin having dispersed therein a latent, heat activated curing agent.
  • the advantage is similar to the embodiments employing tacky materials but the surface bonds to the proppant grains, to other fibers, or the wall of the fracture would be stronger and more permanent.
  • the underlying fiber gives flexibility to the bonded structure that would help the proppant pack withstand stress cycling.
  • multicomponent articles comprising at least one degradable component.
  • degradable may mean degradable by physical, chemical (including pH), mechanical, radiation means, and combinations thereof.
  • PVA Polylactic acid
  • Polyvinyl alcohol may be extruded into soluble fibers.
  • PLA polylactic acid
  • the degradable component functions to dissolve when exposed to the wellbore conditions in a user controlled fashion, i.e., at a rate and location controlled by the structure of the first component. In this way, zones in a wellbore, or the wellbore itself or branches of the wellbore, may be blocked for periods of time uniquely defined by the user.
  • the degradable second component may comprise a degradable inorganic material, a degradable organic material, and combinations thereof.
  • Degradable water-soluble organic materials may comprise a water-soluble polymeric material, for example, polyvinyl alcohol), poly(lactic acid), and the like.
  • the water-soluble polymeric material may either be a normally water-insoluble polymer that is made soluble by hydrolysis of side chains, or the main polymeric chain may be hydrolysable.
  • Certain fluid compositions useful in the disclosure may comprise multicomponent articles comprised of a thermoplastic materials covered by a fully cured or partially cured thermosetting material. In embodiments wherein the thermosetting material is only partially cured while the fluid is being pumped downhole, the thermosetting materials may be fully cured by bottomhole conditions.
  • Fluid compositions and multicomponent articles useful in the disclosure may comprise metallic fibers or nonmetallic fibers coated with a thermosetting material.
  • Suitable nonmetallic fibers include glass fibers, carbon fibers, mineral fibers, synthetic or natural fibers formed of heat resistant organic materials, or fibers made from ceramic materials.
  • the metallic and nonmetallic fibers may be "hydrocarbon resistant" organic fibers, meaning they are resistant to, or resistant to breaking down, under the wellbore conditions.
  • useful natural organic fibers include wool, silk, cotton, or cellulose.
  • useful synthetic organic fibers include polyvinyl alcohol fibers, polyester fibers, rayon fibers, polyamide fibers, acrylic fibers, aramid fibers, and phenolic fibers.
  • any ceramic (i.e., glass, crystalline ceramic, glass-ceramic, and combinations thereof) fiber is useful in applications of the present disclosure.
  • An example of a ceramic fiber suitable for the present disclosure is available from the 3M Company, St. Paul, MN under the trade designation "NEXTEL". Glass fibers may be used, at least because they impart desirable characteristics to the articles and are relatively inexpensive.
  • suitable interfacial binding agents exist to enhance adhesion of glass fibers to thermoplastic materials, such as a silane coupling agent, to improve the adhesion to the thermoplastic material. Examples of silane coupling agents include those available under the trade designations "Z-6020” and "Z-6040,” from Dow Corning Corp., Midland, Ml.
  • Suitable multicomponent articles include those wherein the least robust material is enclosed in a more robust sheath; those wherein polymers such as PLA and polyglycolic acid is enclosed in a sheath comprised of polyester, polyamide, and/or polyolefin thermoplastic; those wherein a sensitive adhesive, for example a pressure-sensitive adhesive, temperature-sensitive adhesive, moisture-sensitive adhesive, or curable adhesive is enclosed in a degradable polymer sheath; and those wherein one of the components is selected to be tacky at a specific downhole temperature, such as the bottomhole static temperature (BHST), and have a modulus of less than 3 x 10 6 dynes/cm 2 (3 x 10 5 N/m 2 ) at a frequency of about 1 Hz at a temperature greater than -60 Q C, the tacky component embedded in a degradable polymer sheath.
  • Sensitive adhesives such as pressure- sensitive adhesives, temperature-sensitive adhesives, and moisture-sensitive adhesive, as well as curable adhesives, are
  • Suitable multicomponent articles are also described, for example, in US Provisional Patent Application having Serial Number 61/014,004 (Attorney Docket No. 63584US002; entitled “Multi- Component Fibers”), filed the same date as the instant application, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • a first (network) component and second (modifiable) component In general, the size of these assemblies is limited only by the practicalities of deploying the materials downhole.
  • One deployment method may entail pumping a fluid composition comprising one or more prefabricated assemblies.
  • Another deployment method may entail attaching the assembly to the end or near the end of a tubing, such as coiled tubing, running the tubing into the wellbore, and placing the assembly at a desired location.
  • a testing apparatus comprising the following assemblies was used: a flowback cell for containing the proppant pack being testing; a circulation system for pumping fluid through the proppant pack in the cell; and a hydraulic press to apply a uniaxial closure stress onto the proppant pack.
  • the flowback cell consisted of a rectangular body that had an interior 5.25 in x 5.25 in (13.3 cm x 13.3 cm) working area which held the proppant pack. After the cell was filled with the proppant pack, a square piston was inserted into the body on top of the proppant pack. Water was pumped through the rectangular proppant pack from an upstream inlet side through to the discharge side. On the upstream side of the cell, there were three 13 mm inlets for the inflow of water.
  • the proppant flowback stability measurements were performed on a sand pack made from a fracturing sand of 20/40 mesh (API RP 56) obtained from Badger Mining Corporation, Berlin, Wl, and the flowback control additives.
  • the total mass of the solids in the pack (sand plus flowback control additives) was set at 400 grams.
  • the uniaxial closure stress was set to 4000 psi (27.6 MPa), and the tests were performed at 90 0 C.
  • the flow rate of water was zero.
  • the flow rate of water was continuously increased at a rate of 4 L/min. till pack failure was observed.
  • the flow rate at the pack failure was used as a characteristic of the flowback stability of the proppant pack.
  • Fibers were added to the proppant pack and tested for flowback.
  • a single component nylon fiber having a length of 17 mm long and a diameter of 6 mm and a bicomponent polyamide/ionomeric fiber having length of 17 mm and diameter of 6 micrometers were tested.
  • the single component fiber was provided by 3M Company, St. Paul Minnesota, while the bicomponent fiber was a nylon core with SURLYNTM (mark of DuPont Corporation) sheath provided by 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • SURLYNTM mark of DuPont Corporation
  • test results were normalized according to the linear concentration of fibers in meters per gram of proppant in the test cell.
  • FIG. 4 shows the test results where the flow rate at pack failure is plotted against the linear fiber concentration in the pack.
  • Multicomponent articles and fluid compositions comprising same may be employed in methods of the disclosure for solids and/or fluid control in reservoirs.
  • Multicomponent articles such as multicomponent fibers comprising a tacky and/or curable adhesive surface may include porous proppants impregnated with a tackifying substance or curing agent for controlled release.
  • the fiber may comprise a part of a homogeneous fiber-proppant network (pumped during proppant stage) or the fibers or other articles may be used without proppant as networks in or part of a filter-cake, or pumped downhole during the pad stage.
  • the networks may be temporary in nature by releasing a tacky or curable coating upon dissolution covering the proppant pack, or the fiber or other article may be partially soluble by coating the surrounding proppant while maintaining the integrity of the fibrous network.
  • methods of the disclosure relate to any method or process of treating an underground formation penetrated by a wellbore comprising designing a fluid composition of the disclosure; pumping or otherwise deploying the fluid composition downhole through a wellbore; depositing the fluid composition in the formation; and forming within the formation a 2- or 3-dimensional network comprising the first and second components.
  • This may include fracturing methods; methods wherein the designing of the fluid composition comprises designing a gravel pack fluid composition, pumping the gravel pack fluid composition downhole through a wellbore, depositing a gravel pack fluid; methods comprising designing a fluid composition able to increase competency of a granular pack in a wellbore, comprising providing a fluid composition of the disclosure to the pack, and modifying the modifiable component.
  • Methods within this aspect include those wherein the pack comprises materials selected from proppant previously placed in fractures in a subterranean formation, sand in the subterranean formation, a gravel pack, and combinations thereof.
  • Other methods of the disclosure comprise preparing and/or pretreating the surface of a fracture. That is, the fluid composition is deployed early in the treatment prior to the addition of proppant.
  • a fluid composition may be deployed in combination with one or more conventional fluid loss additives (for example fine sand or the like) for application to the surface of the fracture or the surface of the wellbore.
  • one or more conventional fluid loss additives for example fine sand or the like
  • compositions of the disclosure in combination with single component elongated elements, for example single component fibers (wherein the modifiable component of the multicomponent articles functions as a binder for conventional fibrous materials within a proppant pack, fiber plug, or the like).
  • Further methods of the disclosure include deploying two different compositions of the elongated articles intermingled in the fluid, with or without proppant. Once these articles are place in the formation they can act synergistically to create a network structure.
  • one of the multicomponent fibers could contain an epoxy resin and the second could contain a curing agent.
  • one of the multicomponent fibers could contain a temperature activated melt-bondable adhesive material that acts over a period of time and another multicomponent fiber could contain an epoxy adhesive that acts over a different period of time.
  • a fluid composition may be deployed in acid fracturing applications, and fracture acidizing applications.
  • Acidizing means the pumping of acid into the wellbore to remove near-well formation damage and other damaging substances. Acidizing commonly enhances production by increasing the effective well radius.
  • acid fracturing When performed at pressures above the pressure required to fracture the formation, the procedure is often referred to as acid fracturing.
  • Fracture acidizing is a procedure for production enhancement in which acid, usually hydrochloric (HCI), is injected into a carbonate formation at a pressure above the formation-fracturing pressure. Flowing acid tends to etch the fracture faces in a nonuniform pattern, forming conductive channels that remain open without a propping agent after the fracture closes.
  • HCI hydrochloric
  • the length of the etched fracture limits the effectiveness of an acid-fracture treatment.
  • the fracture length depends on acid leakoff and acid spending. If acid fluid-loss characteristics are poor, excessive leakoff will terminate fracture extension. Similarly, if the acid spends too rapidly, the etched portion of the fracture will be too short.
  • the major problem in fracture acidizing is the development of wormholes in the fracture face; these wormholes increase the reactive surface area and cause excessive leakoff and rapid spending of the acid. To some extent, this problem can be overcome by using inert fluid- loss additives to bridge wormholes or by using viscosified acids. Fracture acidizing is also called acid fracturing or acid-fracture treatment.
  • Compositions of the disclosure maybe used in these applications, as the acidic solution may decompose the composition selectively rather than other components or geologic formations.
  • Single-component staple fibers may comprise crimped or non-crimped thermoplastic organic fibers comprising polyamide and polyester fibers, although it is also known to use other fibers such as rayon.
  • melt-bondable fibers may be used to help stabilize the networks in the wellbore and may facilitate trapping particulate materials.
  • Melt-bondable fibers useful in the present disclosure may be made of polypropylene or other low-melting polymers such as polyesters as long as the temperature at which the melt-bondable fibers melt and thus adhere to the other fibers in the network construction is lower than the temperature at which the staple fibers or melt-bondable fibers degrade in physical properties under wellbore conditions.
  • Suitable and preferable melt-bondable fibers include those described in US Patent Number 5,082,720 (Hayes), incorporated herein by reference. Melt-bondable fibers suitable for use in this disclosure must be activatable at elevated temperatures below temperatures which would adversely affect other ingredients.
  • melt-bondable fibers have a concentric core and a sheath.
  • melt-bondable fibers may be of a side-by-side construction or of eccentric core and sheath construction.
  • the length of the organic fibers employed is primarily dependent on upon the limitations of the pumping equipment. However, depending on types of equipment, fibers of different lengths, or combinations thereof, very likely can be utilized in forming the networks downhole having the desired ultimate characteristics specified herein. For pumping applications the best fiber length is below 20 mm, in certain embodiments, less than 19 mm, in certain other embodiments, less than 12 mm, and in other embodiments, around 6 mm.
  • Fluid compositions may be pumped into the well from the surface using any of a number of pumping systems which are not a part of the disclosure per se.
  • the fluid portion of fluid compositions useful in the disclosure that does not form a network downhole comprises fluid that must be returned to the surface. In many formations this may be accomplished naturally due to the residual pressure after the fracturing treatment is completed, or due to high reservoir pressure. This may be accomplished artificially using a downhole pump.
  • ESP electrical submersible pump
  • AXIATM pumping systems known under the trade designation
  • proppant may be pumped into the formation, either combined with the compositions of the disclosure, or combined in situ.
  • the function of a proppant is to "prop" the walls adjacent a fracture in a subterranean formation apart so that the fracture is not closed by the forces which are extent in the formation. It is advantageous for the walls adjacent the fracture to be “propped” apart so that the formation can be worked, usually to remove oil or natural gas.
  • the fluid compositions, multicomponent articles therein, methods, and networks of the disclosure perform well with any known proppant, but may be particularly effective when using the least expensive proppant, siliceous sand.
  • the first type of proppant is a sintered ceramic granulation/particle, usually aluminum oxide, silica, or bauxite, often with clay-like binders or with incorporated hard substances such as silicon carbide (e.g., US Patent Number 4,977,1 16 (Rumpf et al.), incorporated herein by reference, EP Patents 0 087 852, granted April 2, 1986, 0 102 761 , published March 14, 1984, or 0 207 668, granted April 5, 1984).
  • the ceramic particles have the disadvantage that the sintering must be done at high temperatures, resulting in high energy costs.
  • the second type of proppant is made up of a large group of known propping materials from natural, relatively coarse, sands, the particles of which are roughly spherical, such that they can allow significant flow (English "frac sand") (see US Patent Number 5,188,175 (Sweet) for the state of the technology).
  • the third type of proppant includes samples of type one and two that may be coated with a layer of synthetic resin (US Patent Number 5,420,174 (Deprawshad et al); US Patent Number 5,218,038 (Johnson et al.); and US Patent Number 5,639,806 (Johnson et al.) (the disclosures of US Patent Numbers 5,420,174 (Deprawshad et al), 5,218,038 (Johnson et al.) and 5,639,806 (Johnson et al.), are incorporated herein by reference); and EP Patent No. 0 542 397, published May 19, 1993).
  • the precured proppants in the well would flow back from the fracture, especially during clean up or production in oil and gas wells.
  • Some of the proppant can be transported out of the fractured zones and into the well bore by fluids produced from the well. This transportation is known as flow back.
  • Flowing back of proppant from the fracture is undesirable and has been controlled to an extent in some instances by the use of a proppant coated with a curable resin which will consolidate and cure underground.
  • Phenolic resin coated proppants have been commercially available for some time and used for this purpose.
  • resin-coated curable proppants may be employed to "cap" the fractures to prevent such flow back.
  • the resin coating of the curable proppants is not significantly crosslinked or cured before injection into the oil or gas well. Rather, the coating is designed to crosslink under the stress and temperature conditions existing in the well formation. This causes the proppant particles to bond together forming a 3-dimensional matrix and preventing proppant flow back.
  • These curable phenolic resin coated proppants work best in environments where temperatures are sufficiently high to consolidate and cure the phenolic resins. However, conditions of geological formations vary greatly. In some gas/oil wells, high temperature (>180°F.(82°C.)) and high pressure (>6,000 psi (41 MPa)) are present downhole. Under these conditions, most curable proppants can be effectively cured.
  • Curable resins include (i) resins which are cured entirely in the subterranean formation and (ii) resins which are partially cured prior to injection into the subterranean formation with the remainder of curing occurring in the subterranean formation.
  • Many shallow wells often have downhole temperatures less than 130 0 F (54 0 C.), or even less than 100 0 F (SS 0 C.).
  • proppant Due to the diverse variations in geological characteristics of different oil and gas wells, no single proppant possesses all properties which can satisfy all operating requirements under various conditions.
  • the choice of whether to use a precured or curable proppant or both is a matter of experience and knowledge as would be known to one skilled in the art.
  • the proppant is suspended in the fracturing fluid.
  • interactions of the proppant and the fluid will greatly affect the stability of the fluid in which the proppant is suspended.
  • the fluid needs to remain viscous and capable of carrying the proppant to the fracture and depositing the proppant at the proper locations for use. However, if the fluid prematurely loses its capacity to carry, the proppant may be deposited at inappropriate locations in the fracture or the well bore.
  • the fluid breaks (undergoes a reduction in viscosity) at the appropriate time after the proper placement of the proppant.
  • the fluid shall become less viscous due to the action of breakers (viscosity reducing agents) present in the fluid. This permits the loose and curable proppant particles to come together, allowing intimate contact of the particles to result in a solid proppant pack after curing. Failure to have such contact will give a much weaker proppant pack.
  • Foam rather than viscous fluid, may be employed to carry the proppant to the fracture and deposit the proppant at the proper locations for use.
  • the foam is a stable foam that can suspend the proppant until it is placed into the fracture, at which time the foam breaks.
  • Agents other than foam or viscous fluid may be employed to carry proppant into a fracture where appropriate.
  • resin coated paniculate material e.g., sands
  • a cylindrical structure is filled with the proppants (e.g., resin coated particulate material) and inserted into the wellbore to act as a filter or screen to control or eliminate backwards flow of sand, other proppants, or subterranean formation particles.
  • the cylindrical structure is an annular structure having inner and outer walls made of mesh. The screen opening size of the mesh being sufficient to contain the resin coated particulate material within the cylindrical structure and let fluids in the formation pass therethrough.
  • Fluid compositions useful in methods of the disclosure may be used with and/or employ any of a number of well treatments or well completions.
  • well completion and “completion” are used as nouns except when referring to a completion operation.
  • Well completions within the disclosure include, but are nor limited to, casing completions, commingled completions, hydraulic fracturing, coiled tubing completions, dual completions, high temperature completions, high pressure completions, high temperature/high pressure completions, multiple completions, natural completions, artificial lift completions, partial completions, primary completions, tubingless completions, and the like.
  • a "wellbore” may be any type of well, including a producing well, a non- producing well, an injection well, a fluid disposal well, an experimental well, an exploratory well, and the like.
  • Wellbores may be vertical, horizontal, deviated some angle between vertical and horizontal, and combinations thereof, for example, a vertical well with a non-vertical component.
  • a wellbore treatment can be designed considering characteristics of the target subterranean formation, desired outcome resulting from contacting the formation with the fluid composition, chemistry and characteristics of the fluid composition, well-bore geometry, and equipment to be used to inject the fluid composition to determine the appropriate concentration and type of components to use to in the methods embodied herein.
  • the first and second components are typically metered, either together or separately, into the fluid composition at a surface location prior to injection into the well-bore. If proppant is provided, the first and second components are normally metered into the fluid composition separately from the proppant. In many cases the fiber concentration in the fluid would be less than 5% by weight of the proppant, often less than about 2% by weight of the proppant, and on occasion less than about 1 % by weight of the proppant. Generally the ratio of fiber to proppant would remain the same throughout the operation, with the fiber concentration increasing in proportion to the proppant concentration in the fluid composition. It is advantageous to add the first and second components to the fluid composition in a continuous process.
  • High shear-rate mixers is preferred to rapidly mix the first and second components with the fluid composition, and optionally proppant, to disperse the components thoroughly within the fluid composition.
  • methods of the present invention are conducive to rapid turnaround, field operations would be aided by the use of dual choke or dual flow equipment to permit quick fluid production from the well-bore.

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L'invention concerne des procédés d'accès à une formation souterraine qui assurent un contrôle ou une réduction améliorés de la migration, du transport ou du retour des matières particulaires dans les trous de forage et les réservoirs, et ce sans perte substantielle en conductivité hydraulique. Un procédé consiste à injecter dans un trou de forage en intersection avec la formation souterraine une composition fluide comprenant un premier composant et un second composant dispersés dans un fluide porteur, au moins une partie du premier composant ou du second composant étant constituée par au moins un article à plusieurs composants dont le rapport longueur/diamètre est supérieur à 1:1,1 ; former un réseau comprenant le premier composant ; et lier le réseau au second composant.
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