Patent ID: 11884873
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
preparing a wellbore fluid, the wellbore fluid including a base fluid, a crushed glass material, a biopolymer viscosifier that includes at least one of diutan gum or welan gum, and an alkali activator, wherein the crushed glass material comprises soda-lime glass particles;
positioning the wellbore fluid in a wellbore;
activating the alkali activator to interact with the wellbore fluid to form a plugging matrix in one or more lost circulation zones of the wellbore; and
performing a pre-cementing operation comprising a lost circulation operation with respect to the wellbore using the wellbore fluid, wherein the plugging matrix is retained in the one or more lost circulation zones.