Abstract:
There is provided herein a low foam surfactant composition comprising: (a) di-trisiloxane alkoxylate component of the general formula (I): (R1R2R3SiO)2(R4)Si—R5—Si(R6)(OSiR7R8R9)2 (I); and, (b) mono-trisiloxane alkoxylate component of the general formula (II): (R12R13R14SiO)2Si(R15)R16 (II) wherein di-trisiloxane alkoxylate (I) is soluble in mono-trisiloxane alkoxylate and methods of making the same.
Abstract:
The current invention provides a method to form a stable blend of polyacrylamide water-in-oil emulsion and breaker surfactants such as silicon polyether copolymer and linear or branched alcohol ethoxylate surfactants. The composition can be employed, for example, as a friction reducing additive for water based fracturing fluid, or a drilling mud additive.