Patent ID: 8267176
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: C09K

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a clean-up fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a peroxide-generating compound selected from the group consisting of: a sodium percarbonate, a sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate, a dichromate, a permanganate, a peroxydisulfate, a potassium diperphosphate, an ammonium salt of dipersulfuric acid, an alkali metal salt of dipersulfuric acid, an alkali percarbonate, an alkaline earth percarbonate, an alkali perchlorate, an alkaline earth perchlorate, and combinations thereof; placing the clean-up fluid in a subterranean formation; removing contaminants from at least a portion of the subterranean formation to form a cleaned portion of the formation; providing a consolidation agent; placing the consolidation agent on at least a portion of the cleaned portion of the formation; and allowing the consolidation agent to adhere to at least a plurality of unconsolidated particulates in the cleaned portion of the formation.