Method of fracturing using ultra lightweight proppant suspensions and gaseous streams

• Main Authors: WARD, BRIAN, NEWHALL, CHANDLER, BEALL, BRIAN B, BRANNON, HAROLD, MYERS, ROGER R, WHEELER, RICHARD S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.02.2016
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; DYES; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; POLISHES

In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight proppant suspended in a viscosified aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the proppant stage contains at least...