Abstract: Methods for using treatment fluids comprising synthetic silicates in subterranean formations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods may comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a synthetic silicate into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation comprising a loss zone; allowing the treatment fluid to displace at least a portion of a first fluid present in the wellbore; and allowing the treatment fluid to at least partially plug the loss zone.

Abstract: Methods for using treatment fluids comprising synthetic silicates in subterranean formations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods may comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a synthetic silicate into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation comprising a loss zone; allowing the treatment fluid to displace at least a portion of a first fluid present in the wellbore; and allowing the treatment fluid to at least partially plug the loss zone.

Abstract: A bench construction for use by a lifter reclined thereon in performing weight lifting movements includes a bench top having an upper surface configured with portions anatomically contoured and dimensioned for supporting and at least partially restraining the reclined lifter from lateral and longitudinal shifting. The bench top finds particular application in use for weight lifting movements such as the bench press, and the upper surface includes a lower-body section configured as a first depression contoured for receiving and stabilizing the lifter's buttocks. In addition, the lower-body section includes leg stabilizing sections configured for engaging the lifter's upper legs to predispose and hold them in a predetermined laterally-diverged orientation.