Patent ID: 11879094
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  E | IPC C  E

Claim 0:
1. A method for fracturing a subterranean formation, the method comprising:
at least partially filling a wellbore containing a wellbore tubing with an alkaline pretreatment fluid comprising:
a first aqueous fluid, and
a first metal silicate;

wherein the wellbore tubing comprises metal ions;
then coating at least a portion of the wellbore tubing with a silicate film produced from a reaction of the first metal silicate with the metal ions of the wellbore tubing;
then introducing a treatment fluid into the wellbore tubing disposed in the wellbore; wherein the treatment fluid comprises:
a second aqueous fluid, and
a second metal silicate;

and
fracturing the subterranean formation.