.~ Specific low fluid loss feature for fracturing fluid or cement causes fracture
DEFINITION
Classification: 166/283
(under subclass 244.1) A process in which the earth is cracked by a fluid in order to create a fissure or fissures therein and in which (1) there is a specifically claimed feature for limiting travel of the fluid in the pores of the formation or (2) the fluid is a cementing, plugging or consolidating material.
(1) Note. See (2) Note of subclass 282 for the meaning of the feature to limit travel of the fluid.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
281, for processes relating to separate steps of (1) cementing, plugging or consolidating and (2) fracturing, in which the cementing, plugging or consolidating material may limit fluid loss of the fracturing fluid.
