FRICTION REDUCER COMPOSITIONS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220064518A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17007952

    申请日:2020-08-31

    IPC分类号: C09K8/68 C09K8/80 E21B43/267

    摘要: Methods and systems for reducing friction in fracturing fluids are disclosed. An exemplary friction reducing composition includes a synthetic water-soluble polymer and a nanocellulose. This friction reducing composition is added to aqueous saline fluid for hydraulic fracturing treatment of hydrocarbon wells.

    POLYMER-BASED PROPPANT FOR UNCONVENTIONAL COMPLETIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220002616A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17221871

    申请日:2021-04-05

    IPC分类号: C09K8/80 C09K8/62 C08G61/02

    摘要: A method of forming polymeric proppants in-situ during a fracturing operation. The method includes the steps of delivering reagents downhole and combining the reagents in a first mixing chamber to initiate polymerization; atomizing the combined reagents by passing them through an atomizer as they exit the first mixing chamber to form partially polymerized polymeric bodies; pumping water down a production casing; mixing the partially polymerized polymeric bodies and the water in a second mixing chamber; completing polymerization and forming solid polymeric proppants upon exiting the second mixing chamber; and passing the solid polymeric proppants through perforations in the casing and into fractures within the formation. A system for forming polymeric proppants in-situ during a fracturing operation and a method for forming solid polymeric proppants at the surface of a formation for use in a fracturing operation is also provided.

    Controlling redistribution of suspended particles in non-Newtonian fluids during stimulation treatments

    公开(公告)号:US11215034B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16487347

    申请日:2017-04-19

    摘要: System and methods for controlling suspended particle redistribution during stimulation treatments. Fluid flow in a wellbore is simulated for a stimulation treatment to be performed along a section of the wellbore within a subterranean formation, based on a flow model associated with the wellbore. Based on the simulation, dimensionless parameters characterizing a flow of suspended particles within a treatment fluid to a fractured area of the formation via at least one perforation along the section of the wellbore are calculated. A collection efficiency of the suspended particles within the fluid is determined, based on the dimensionless parameters. The collection efficiency is used to calculate a flow rate of the suspended particles to the fractured area of the formation via the perforation. The flow rate is used to estimate an amount of the suspended particles to be injected into the wellbore during the stimulation treatment along the wellbore section.

    PROPPANT WITH ENHANCED INTERPARTICLE BONDING

    公开(公告)号:US20210403801A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17371974

    申请日:2021-07-09

    IPC分类号: C09K8/80 C09K8/68

    摘要: Polymer-coated proppants for hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells have an outer layer portion that comprises an organofunctional coupling agent, preferably an organofunctional silane coupling agent. The use of an organofunctional silane coupling agent in the outer layer portion of the proppant coating is preferably chosen to expose functionalities that will be reactive towards similar functionalities of adjacent and similarly coated proppants so that, when introduced downhole, these proppants form interparticle bonds at the temperatures and crack closure pressures found downhole in fractured strata. Such enhanced interparticle bonding helps keep the proppant in the fracture and maintains conductivity with reduced flowback. The invention also helps proppants designed for low temperature well to bond more firmly and allows proppants designed for high temperature wells to bond well even at lower downhole temperatures, thereby extending their useful range.

    ENHANCED FRICTION REDUCERS FOR WATER-BASED FRACTURING FLUIDS

    公开(公告)号:US20210363409A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US16881175

    申请日:2020-05-22

    IPC分类号: C09K8/60 C09K8/80 C09K8/88

    摘要: A fracturing fluid can include: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; proppant; a friction reducer; and a friction reducer enhancer, wherein the friction reducer enhancer is a surfactant. The friction reducer enhancer can be in a concentration greater than or equal to a critical micelle concentration. Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation can include introducing the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation. The friction reducer enhancer can increase the hydration rate of the friction reducer, whereby friction reduction of the fracturing fluid can occur much faster than without the friction reducer enhancer.