Method and composition to enhance the performance of encapsulated breakers

    公开(公告)号:US11981863B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17746039

    申请日:2022-05-17

    CPC classification number: C09K8/68 C09K8/706 C09K8/72

    Abstract: A composition for fracturing a wellbore may include a reacting fluid. The reacting fluid includes an encapsulated breaker, sodium nitrite, and an ammonium-comprising compound. The sodium nitrite and the ammonium-comprising compound undergo an exothermic reaction producing heat operable to release the encapsulated breaker, releasing the breaker that then reduces viscosity in the polymer-comprising fluid. A method for fracturing a wellbore may include injecting into a fractured wellbore a fluid comprising an ammonium-comprising compound and a fluid comprising sodium nitrite. The fractured wellbore has been fractured with a fracturing fluid comprising an encapsulated breaker. Sodium nitrite and the ammonium-comprising compound undergo an exothermic chemical reaction that generates heat to release the encapsulated breaker.

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