Sand plugs and placing sand plugs in highly deviated wells

摘要

Methods of isolating portions of a subterranean formation adjacent to a highly deviated well bore having a downstream end and an upstream end and substantially filling a first zone with a sand plug comprising lightweight particulates having a specific gravity of below about 1.25 so as to substantially isolate the first zone from the second zone wherein the first zone is located closer to the downstream end of the wellbore than the second zone.