METHOD OF FRACTURING USING ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANT SUSPENSIONS AND GASEOUS STREAMS

• Main Authors: MYERS, Roger, R, NEWHALL, Chandler, WARD, Brian, WHEELER, Richard, S, BEALL, Brian, B, BRANNON, Harold
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.07.2020
• 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...