Patent ID: 7934557
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: C09K,E21B

Abstract:
1. A method of completing a well, comprising: introducing a sealing composition into a first portion of a subterranean formation so as to form an artificial barrier to water flow, wherein the artificial barrier is located at or above a hydrocarbon-water interface between a water-bearing formation zone and a hydrocarbon-bearing formation zone; separately from the step of introducing a sealing composition, introducing a consolidating fluid into a second portion of the subterranean formation so as to form a consolidated portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation zone such that particulates are inhibited from migrating with fluids subsequently produced through the consolidated portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation zone, allowing the sealing composition and the consolidating fluid to remain in the subterranean formation when the well is placed into production.