Abstract:
A non-aqueous slurry contains a non-aqueous liquid immiscible in water (such as a hydrocarbon based oil) having dispersed therein a crosslinking agent (such as a borate crosslinking agent) and an oil-wetting surface active material. The non-aqueous slurry further contains an organophilic clay. The non-aqueous slurry, when used in an aqueous fracturing fluid, provides crosslinking delay between the crosslinking agent and a hydratable polymer, such as guar or guar derivatives. The aqueous fracturing fluid provides an enhanced fracture network after being pumped into a well.
Abstract:
Various embodiments disclosed relate to guanidine- or guanidinium-containing clay or shale stabilizers for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include placing a composition including a clay or shale stabilizer including at least one of a substituted guanidine group and a substituted guanidinium group in a subterranean formation.
Abstract:
Capped nanoparticles may be added to an oil-based fluid to improve the electrical conductivity of the oil-based fluid. The oil-based fluid may be a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a drill-in fluid, a stimulation fluid, a servicing fluid, and combinations thereof. In a non-limiting embodiment, the oil-based fluid composition may be circulated in a subterranean reservoir wellbore.
Abstract:
Methods including (a) introducing an invert microemulsified acid ("IMA") treatment fluid into a subterranean formation at a rate and pressure sufficient to create or enhance a fracture in a first treatment interval therein, wherein the IMA treatment fluid comprises a surfactant, a non-aqueous external phase, and aqueous dispersed phase droplets, and wherein the non-aqueous external phase further comprises micro-proppant particulates and at least a portion of the aqueous dispersed phase droplets further comprise an acid; (b) destabilizing the IMA treatment fluid in the fracture, thereby exposing the acid, wherein the micro-proppant particulates form a proppant pack in the fracture and the acid etches a channel in the fracture and/or adjacent to the fracture.
Abstract:
A treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant: (i) is a polymer; and (ii) comprises a hydrophilic head group and a hydrophobic tail group, wherein the hydrophilic head group comprises a protein, and wherein the hydrophobic tail group comprises a lipid. A method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: introducing the treatment fluid into a well, wherein the well penetrates the subterranean formation.
Abstract:
A treatment fluid for treating a portion of a subterranean formation comprises: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises a hydrocarbon liquid; and a gellant, wherein the gellant: is a polymer; and is activated at an activation temperature, wherein the thermal activation of the gellant causes the treatment fluid to become a gel. A method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation includes introducing the treatment fluid into the portion of the subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation is penetrated by a well, wherein at least a portion of the well has a bottomhole temperature greater than or equal to the activation temperature, and wherein the step of introducing comprises introducing the treatment fluid into the portion of the well.
Abstract:
Dual-purpose additives that may be used as viscosifying agents and surface active agents in fluids, subterranean treatments, and oilfield operations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a polymeric dual-purpose additive comprising a base polymer comprising a plurality of monomer units, and one or more hydrophobic groups bonded to at least one of the monomer units; introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and depolymerizing at least a portion of the dual-purpose additive to form one or more surface active fragments, each of the surface active fragments comprising one or more of the hydrophobic groups bonded to one or more of the monomer units.
Abstract:
Chelating agents are often used in conjunction with stimulation operations in a subterranean formation to address the presence of certain metal ions therein. Hydrophobically modified chelating agents can be used to form metal-ligand complexes in a subterranean formation that can sometimes exhibit significantly different behavior than do their more water-soluble variants. Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a treatment fluid comprising a hydrophobically modified aminopolycarboxylic acid chelating agent, the chelating agent comprising an N-substitution having no carboxylic acid groups and about 6 carbon atoms or more; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation; and complexing metal ions in the subterranean formation with the chelating agent to form a metal-ligand complex.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a Fischer-Tropsch derived gas oil fraction having an initial boiling point of at least 270°C and a final boiling point of at most 305°C. In another aspect the present invention provides a functional fluid formulation comprising a Fischer-Tropsch derived gas oil fraction having an initial boiling point of at least 270°C and a final boiling point of at most 305°C.
Abstract:
The present technology relates to gelling agents that can be employed in preparing organic-based viscoelastic fluids. The technology additionally relates to methods of using such gelling agents and viscoelastic fluids containing the gelling agents in energy and exploration applications.