SELF HEALING FILTER-CAKE REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR OPEN HOLE COMPLETIONS
The present invention relates to a method of degrading a filter cake in a subterranean formation comprising: contacting at least a portion of a filter cake with a filter cake degradation fluid comprising a relative permeability modifier; and allowing the filter cake to degrade. The present invention also relates to a method of treating a subterranean formation including providing a well bore that includes a filter cake on at least a portion of the well bore and contacting at least a portion of the filter cake with a filter cake degradation fluid comprising a relative permeability modifier. The method also includes allowing the relative permeability modifier to retain at least a portion of the filter cake degradation fluid in the well bore for a time sufficient to contact the filtercake and allowing the filter cake to degrade.