Patent ID: 8397812

Claim:
A method for reducing fines migration within a particle pack in a subterranean formation comprising introducing into the subterranean formation a fluid comprising: a base fluid selected from the group consisting of water-based fluids, alcohol-based fluids and oil-based fluids; particles selected from the group consisting of sand, gravel, ceramic beads, glass beads and combinations thereof; and an amount of a particulate additive effective to reduce fines migration, the particulate additive having a mean particle size of 5000 nm or less, being selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal oxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides, transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, post-transition metal oxides, post-transition metal hydroxides, piezoelectric crystals, pyroelectric crystals, and mixtures thereof; and coated on the particles in the absence of an oil coating agent.