Patent ID: 9677386
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing a pad fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and nanoparticulates, providing a fracturing fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and gravel; first, introducing the pad fluid in a wellbore in the subterranean formation at or above a fracture gradient rate so as to create or enhance at least one fracture at or near a vugular weakly consolidated target interval in the subterranean formation, such that the nanoparticulates in the pad fluid penetrate into the weakly consolidated target interval and into the at least one fracture; then, after introducing the pad fluid, introducing the fracturing fluid in the wellbore in the subterranean formation at or above the fracture gradient rate so as to enhance the at least one fracture and form a proppant pack in the at least one fracture; and consolidating the weakly consolidated target interval due to the placement of the nanoparticulates penetrated into the weakly consolidated target interval.