US 12,241,023 B2
In-situ composite polymeric structures for far-field diversion during hydraulic fracturing
Patrice Abivin, Houston, TX (US); Konstantin Viktorovich Vidma, Sugar Land, TX (US); Wai Sum Wilson Yip, Houston, TX (US); and John W. Still, Katy, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/623,159.
Application 18/623,159 is a continuation of application No. 17/754,860, granted, now 11,981,865, previously published as PCT/US2020/055205, filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/916,956, filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0247183 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/88 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/805 (2013.01) [C09K 8/887 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
pumping a fracturing pad fluid into a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation under conditions of sufficient rate and pressure to create at least one fracture in the subterranean formation;
pumping a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation to mix with the fracturing pad fluid, the treatment fluid comprising a plurality of bridging particles coated with one or more polymers, wherein the bridging particles form a bridge at a fracture tip within a far field region of the subterranean formation; and
adjusting at least one parameter of the treatment fluid being mixed with the fracturing pad fluid, thereby causing the one or more polymers to form a first plurality of fibers in situ, wherein the first plurality of fibers form a plug with the bridging particles.