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

Claim 11:
12. A system for treating a subterranean formation, the system comprising:
an alkaline pretreatment fluid comprising:
a first aqueous fluid,
a first metal silicate;

a treatment fluid comprising:
a second aqueous fluid comprising a total dissolved solids content of 1-500 thousand parts per million, and
a second metal silicate,

mixing equipment configured to mix the first aqueous fluid and the first metal silicate to provide the pretreatment fluid, and to mix the second aqueous fluid and the second metal silicate to provide the treatment fluid,
pumping equipment configured to pump the pretreatment fluid and the treatment fluid into a wellbore tubing,
the wellbore tubing to be contacted by the first metal silicate after the pretreatment fluid is pumped into the wellbore, wherein the wellbore tubing comprises metal ions, and
a silicate film produced from a reaction of the first metal silicate with the metal ions of the wellbore tubing.