Patent ID: 8794322

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a particulate pack in a subterranean formation; wherein the particulate pack comprises at least some particulates comprising an existing coating that impedes the intrusion of water into the particulates; wherein the existing coating is less than about 10 micrometers thick and comprises at least one hydrophobic substance selected from the group consisting of a reaction product of a silicon oxide or hybrid organo-silicon oxide anchor layer upon which a chloroalkylsilane is deposited, a silicone, a siloxane, a diffusion barrier comprising a trimethylsilyl functional group, an organosiloxane, a fluoro-organosiloxane, a fluoro-organosilane, a polysiloxane, an organo-modified polysiloxane, a di-betaine polysiloxane, a di-quaternary polysiloxane, a polymer of a fluoroalkyl-group containing silane compound, a dimer of a fluoroalkyl-group containing silane compound, a trimer of a fluoroalkyl-group containing silane compound, polytetrafluoroethylene, plant oils, hydrocarbons, a polyamide, a silyl-modified polyamide, an organosilane, and copolymerized polyvinylidene chloride; after providing the particulate pack in the subterranean formation, introducing a treatment fluid comprising a silica scale control additive into the subterranean formation; and suppressing silica scale build-up proximate to the particulate pack with the silica scale control additive.