Patent ID: 8863842
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: C09K,E21B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: introducing a solids-free fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation at a rate sufficient to enhance or create at least one fracture therein; providing a treatment fluid comprising a shear-thinning carrier fluid and a shear-thickening fluid, wherein the shear-thinning fluid has a viscosity that decreases upon shear strain, wherein the shear-thickening fluid comprises an aqueous fluid, a polyvinyl fluid present in the range of between about 10% and about 25% by weight of the shear-thickening fluid, and a borate ion present in the range of between about 3% and about 7%, by weight of the shear-thickening fluid, and herein the shear-thickening fluid comprises a propping material selected from the group consisting of: proppant, proppant aggregates, solids-free gel bodies, and combinations thereof; introducing the treatment fluid into the fracture; and, forming a bed of propping material within the fracture.