Abstract: Of the many methods and compositions provided by this invention, one method a method of treating a subterranean formation, comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid and a reaction product of a gelling agent comprising a copolymer or salt thereof comprising N-[tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]acrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or a salt thereof, and acrylamide; and a crosslinking agent; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 13, 2012
Assignee:
Halliburtn Energy Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Gary P. Funkhouser, Rajesh K. Saini, Arnab Mukherjee
Abstract: Methods of consolidating formations include drilling a well bore with a drilling fluid that comprises water, a polymeric cationic catalyst which is adsorbed on minerals and rocks in weak unconsolidated zones or formations and then further contacting the unconsolidated formation with a treating fluid comprising a water soluble or dispersible polymer which is cross-linked by a thermoset resin and causes the resin to be hard and tough when cured, and a water soluble or dispersible thermoset resin which cross-links the polymer, is catalyzed and cured by the catalyst and consolidates the weak zone or formation so that sloughing is prevented.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2003
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2005
Assignee:
Halliburtn Energy Services, Inc.
Inventors:
B. Raghava Reddy, Larry S. Eoff, Donald L. Whitfill, J. Michael Wilson, Denise Berryhill, Russel M. Fitzgerald, Thomas E. Becker, Jimmie D. Weaver