Patent ID: 8727004

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a LPG servicing fluid comprising LPG and a gelling agent; providing proppant particulates suspended in a hydrocarbon carrier fluid; pressurizing the LPG servicing fluid with one or more high-pressure pumps operating at 1,000 psi or more; introducing the proppant particulates suspended in a hydrocarbon carrier fluid into at least a portion of the LPG servicing fluid using one or more high pressure pumps operating at 1,000 psi or more; and introducing the LPG servicing fluid comprising proppant particulates into at least a portion of a subterranean formation at a rate and pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one or more fractures therein; wherein the proppant particulates are introduced to the LPG servicing fluid after pressurizing the LPG servicing fluid with the one or more high pressure pumps but before introducing the LPG servicing fluid to the portion of the subterranean formation.