Multi-functional additive for oil or gas operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10160903-B2
Application number	US-201415104192-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2014
Priority date	Feb 19, 2014
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A method of treating particles of a particle pack located in a subterranean formation comprising: introducing an additive into the subterranean formation, wherein the additive: (i) comes in contact with the particles of the particle pack; (ii) has a chemical attraction to the particles of the particle pack; and (iii) comprises a first functional group, wherein the first functional group is a water-control agent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of treating particles of a particle pack located in a subterranean formation comprising:
introducing a polymerized additive into the subterranean formation, wherein the additive:
(i) comes in contact with the particles of the particle pack;
(ii) has a chemical attraction to the particles of the particle pack;
(iii) comprises a first functional group, wherein the first functional group is a water-control agent, wherein the first functional group is a polymer, wherein the first functional group is the following structure:

(iv) is a derivative of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compound; and
(v) comprises a second functional group that is one component of a curable resin consolidation system comprising at least two components; wherein at least one of the other of the at least two components is present in a carrier fluid.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the particles are selected from the group consisting of proppant, gravel, subterranean formation particles, or combinations thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additive is in liquid form or solid form.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additive is added to a carrier fluid.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the additive is miscible or soluble in the carrier fluid.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the carrier fluid is not water-based.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the carrier fluid is selected from the group consisting of butyl lactate, butylglycidyl ether, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether, dimethyl formamide, diethyleneglycol methyl ether, ethyleneglycol butyl ether, diethyleneglycol butyl ether, propylene carbonate, methanol, butyl alcohol, d'limonene, fatty acid methyl esters, methanol, isopropanol, butanol, diethylene glycol methyl ether, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, 2-butoxy ethanol, ethers of a C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 dihydric alkanol containing at least one C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl group, mono ethers of dihydric alkanols, methoxypropanol, butoxyethanol, hexoxyethanol, and isomers thereof, and combinations thereof.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additive is a half-caged or full-caged POSS derivative.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additive comprises one or more compounds, wherein the compounds cause the additive to have the chemical attraction to the particles of the particle pack.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additive comprises a third functional group, wherein the third functional group is a fines control agent.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the fines control agent is a tall oil fatty amide, a dimer acid, a trimer acid, or a hydrophobically modified amide, amine or imine.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the fines control agent functional group includes carbon chain lengths of at least 6 carbon atoms.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the carbon chain length is selected such that the fines control functional group eliminates or reduces the amount of fines migrating or flowing past the additive.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the curable resin consolidation system comprises a curable resin and a curable agent.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of introducing comprises using one or more pumps.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Vo Loan K
• Nguyen Philip D
• Sparks Bradley J

Classifications

• C09K8/575

  containing organic compounds · CPC title

• C09K8/50

  Compositions for plastering borehole walls, i.e. compositions for temporary consolidation of borehole walls (compositions for consolidating loose sand or the like around wells C09K8/56) · CPC title

• C09K8/56 Primary

  Compositions for consolidating loose sand or the like around wells without excessively decreasing the permeability thereof (compositions for plastering borehole walls C09K8/50; {Soil-conditioning materials or soil-stabilising materials in general C09K17/00}) · CPC title

• C09K8/502

  Oil-based compositions · CPC title

• E21B43/26

  by forming crevices or fractures · CPC title