Patent ID: 8261824

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a composition that comprises a plurality of inorganic particulates wherein the inorganic particulates have an average diameter from 20 nanometers to about 10 microns, an aqueous component, and an organic component comprising at least one polymerizable monomer and at least one surface active agent, wherein the monomer is present in an amount of about 20% to about 50% by volume of the organic component and the surface active agent is present in an amount of up to about 10% by volume of the organic component; permitting the composition to form an emulsion that comprises an internal aqueous phase in an amount of at least about 50% by volume of the emulsion and a continuous organic phase; introducing the composition into at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and permitting the composition to form a porous and fluid-permeable polymer mass in at least a portion of the subterranean formation.