Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process of fracturing subterranean formations
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Application No.: US17286469Application Date: 2019-10-17
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Publication No.: US11608468B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili , Dennis Loesch , Anna-Corina Schmidt , Tobias Joachim Zimmermann , Markus Ostermayr , Jack F. Tinsley , Brent Busby
- Applicant: BASF SE
- Applicant Address: DE Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Assignee: BASF SE
- Current Assignee: BASF SE
- Current Assignee Address: DE Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: EP18201102 20181018
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/078211 WO 20191017
- International Announcement: WO2020/079148 WO 20200423
- Main IPC: C09K8/68
- IPC: C09K8/68 ; E21B43/267 ; C09K8/88 ; E21B15/00

Abstract:
Process of fracturing subterranean, oil-and/or gas-bearing formations by injecting an aqueous fracturing fluid into a wellbore at a rate and pressure sufficient to penetrate into the formation, and to initiate or extend fractures in the formation, wherein the aqueous fracturing fluid is obtained by mixing at least an aqueous base fluid and an aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate having a concentration of 3.1 to 14.9% by weight of polyacrylamides, relating to the total of all components of the aqueous polyacrylamide concentrate, and wherein at least a part of the aqueous fracturing fluid injected additionally comprises a proppant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210388256A1 PROCESS OF FRACTURING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS Public/Granted day:2021-12-16
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