Patent ID: 8076271
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: C09K

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a servicing fluid comprising an aqueous tackifier compound, wherein the aqueous tackifier compound comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: an acrylic acid ester polymer, an acrylic acid homopolymer, an acrylic acid ester homopolymer, an acrylamido-methyl-propane sulfonate homopolymer, an acrylamido-methyl-propane sulfonate derivative homopolymer, and any mixture thereof; activating the aqueous tackifier compound with a chemical activator to form an activated aqueous tackifier compound, wherein the chemical activator comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: an organic acid, an anhydride of an organic acid, an inorganic acid, a charged surfactant, a charged polymer, and any combination thereof, placing the servicing fluid into a subterranean formation via a well bore; and allowing the activated aqueous tackifier compound in the servicing fluid to enhance the grain-to-grain contact between subterranean formation particulates.