Patent ID: 7264052

Claim:
An improved method of forming one or more fractures in a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore and consolidating proppant particles therein, the subterranean zone having a temperature above about 200° F. comprising the steps of: providing a hardenable resin composition comprised of a liquid bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin resin, a 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl sulfone hardening agent dissolved in a diethylene glycol monomethyl ether solvent, a silane coupling agent, and a surfactant for facilitating the coating of the resin on the proppant particles; providing proppant particles; coating the proppant particles with the hardenable resin composition; providing a gelled liquid fracturing fluid; mixing the proppant particles with the gelled liquid fracturing fluid so that the proppant particles are suspended therein; introducing the gelled liquid fracturing fluid into the subterranean zone to form the one or more fractures and to deposit the proppant particles therein; and allowing the hardenable resin composition to harden by heat and to consolidate the proppant particles into one or more degradation resistant permeable packs.