IP Library Granted Patent US 9,896,903
Granted Patent B2
US 9,896,903 · App. 14/716,504 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Methods of making and using cement coated substrate

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Patent No.
US 9,896,903
App. No.
14/716,504
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of treating a subterranean formation via well bore may include introducing a plurality of particles into the subterranean formation via the well bore, each particle having a substrate and a layer of cement on the substrate. The cement may be in a state of suspended hydration and the method may include introducing moisture to the subterranean formation via the well bore. The method may also include allowing the particles and the moisture to contact one another. Contact between the particles and the moisture may cause the cement to move from a state of suspended hydration to a state of secondary hydration.

Claims (17)

1. A method of treating a subterranean formation via well bore, the method comprising:

introducing a plurality of particles into the subterranean formation via the well bore, each particle comprising a substrate and a layer of cement on the substrate;

wherein the cement is in a state of suspended hydration.

2. The method of claim 1 further including:

introducing moisture to the subterranean formation via the well bore; and

allowing the particles and the moisture to contact one another;

wherein the contact between the particles and the moisture causes the cement to move from a state of suspended hydration to a state of secondary hydration.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein introducing the particles and introducing the moisture occurs simultaneously.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the introducing the plurality of particles into the subterranean formation via the well bore comprises introducing the plurality of particles into a fracture within the subterranean formation by introducing the plurality of particles into the subterranean formation at a pressure which exceeds a pressure causing fractures, and maintaining such pressure until the state of secondary hydration is reached.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the plurality of particles is combined with uncoated proppant.

6. The method of claim 2 , comprising:

creating a fracture in the subterranean formation near the well bore before introducing the particles and introducing the moisture, wherein introducing the particles comprises introducing the particles into the fracture, and wherein introducing the moisture comprises introducing the moisture into the fracture; and

producing a hydrocarbon from the subterranean formation via the well bore; wherein the particles provide support to the formation during the producing.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

creating a fracture in the subterranean formation near the well bore before introducing the particles, wherein introducing the particles comprises introducing the particles into the fracture; and

producing a hydrocarbon from the subterranean formation via the well bore; wherein the particles provide support to the formation during the producing.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising introducing additives to the subterranean formation via the well bore.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: SHELL OIL COMPANY
To: SHELL USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 059694/0819 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2017
From: KERKAR, PRASAD BALOO; MOWAD, BENJAMIN
To: SHELL OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 044493/0734 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2015
From: BOER, JOCHEM OKKE; BRETT, PETER LIAM; FARINAS MOYA, MAURICIO JOSE; FONSECA OCAMPOS, ERNESTO RAFAEL; HACKBARTH, CLAUDIA JANE; HAMELINK, CORNELIS PIETER; HAVERKORT, ROBERTUS HERMANNES JOHANNES JOZEF; VAN SELST, HENRICUS LAMBERTUS MARIA; VAN DER WEGEN, GERARDUS JOHANNES LEONARDUS; NOE, JEFFREY MALOY; VAN DER HORST, JESPER; VERBIST, GUY LODE MAGDA MARIA
To: SHELL OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 036009/0317 →