Article
Polymer Science
Yuman Wu, Jie Zhang, Sanbao Dong, Yongfei Li, Michal Slany, Gang Chen
Summary: In this paper, a betaine-based gel was prepared for use as a fracturing fluid. The gel showed temperature resistance, viscosity stability, and sand-carrying performance. The addition of KCl improved the performance of the fracturing fluid. The gel has potential applications in enhancing oil recovery.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hang Xu, Fujian Zhou, Yuan Li, Che Liu, Liyan Zhu, Erdong Yao
Summary: A novel VES fracturing fluid (HCF) was prepared by self-synthesizing a stearicamide propyl hydroxylsulfobetaine (SPHB) surfactant. The fluid exhibited excellent temperature and shearing resistance, as well as good viscoelastic, sand-carrying, and drag reduction properties.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joanna Fajfer, Olga Lipinska, Monika Konieczynska
Summary: This passage discusses the chemical characteristics of flowback fluids from hydraulic fracturing for shale gas exploration/production, showing that the variability in their chemical composition is significant at different locations, depending on the sampling schedule.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Feifei Huang, Chunsheng Pu, Xiaoyu Gu, Zhengqin Ye, Nasir Khan, Jie An, Feipeng Wu, Jing Liu
Summary: The novel nanoparticle-enhanced supramolecular fracturing fluid (NESF) improved oil recovery by enhancing heat resistance and interfacial properties, leading to a low oil permeability loss rate, high fracture conductivity retainment rate, and high imbibition recovery factor. Oil production from wells stimulated by NESF without flowback increased by 13.55% and the decline rate was significantly reduced.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wenlong Zhang, Lan Wan, Yecan Fan, Xuesong Zhang, Jinjie Zhou, Ying Chen, Hanxiang Li, Xingwen Liu, Yinchen Zhang, Longyao Wang
Summary: This study investigates the mechanism of foam stabilization by viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) in a high-salinity environment, and finds that VES-BC exhibits resistance to gas diffusion and has good anti-coarsening capacity and interface stability, making it an effective clean thickener for unconventional oil and gas stimulation.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Petroleum
Lucas Mejia, Yujing Du, Matthew T. Balhoff
Summary: In this study, a micro-model was used to visualize the distribution of surfactants and polymers during tertiary chemical floods. It was found that oil banks could still form even under unfavorable conditions, and significant aqueous injectant, including surfactant, flowed within and ahead of the oil banks.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Rajesh K. Saini, Brady Crane, Nicole R. Shimek, Weiran Wang, Brent Cooper
Summary: The development of nano-emulsion based flowback aids has been effective in reducing water saturation, minimizing formation damage, enhancing productivity, and proving beneficial for low permeability oil reservoirs in tight formations.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiaodong Si, Mingliang Luo, Mingzhong Li, Yuben Ma, Yige Huang, Jingyang Pu
Summary: Fe3O4@ZnO nanocomposites (NCs) were synthesized to improve the stability of viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid, and their properties were studied. The NC-VES showed superior stability at high temperature and shear rate, acceptable pH stability range, good sand-carrying performance, gel-breaking properties, and easy separation and recycling of NCs by applying a magnetic field. This temperature-resistant, stable, and environmentally friendly fracturing fluid has potential in hydraulic fracturing of unconventional reservoirs.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zhe Li, Wanli Kang, Yilu Zhao, Hongbin Yang, Menglan Li, Xin Kang, Tongyu Zhu, Bobo Zhou, Bauyrzhan Sarsenbekuly, Saule Aidarova
Summary: The VES fracturing fluid developed in this study exhibited good temperature and shear resistance, excellent proppant-carrying and gel-breaking abilities, and caused less damage to core permeability and low corrosion of steel under acidic conditions. The rheological properties of the VES fluid could be switched multiple times without any decay by changing the pH values, indicating its excellent reusability for fracturing procedures. This study demonstrates the potential applications of reusable VES fracturing fluids based on supramolecular pH-responsive surfactants.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Anqi Du, Jianxun Jiang, Dingli Wang, Jincheng Mao, Changqing Ye
Summary: In this study, the structural transitions of aggregates of a trimeric cationic surfactant in different conditions were investigated using rheological measurements and molecular dynamic simulation. The results showed that the addition of KCl optimized the molecular configuration and promoted the rapid growth of wormlike micelles. Additionally, one of the solutions exhibited excellent rheological properties under specific conditions, suggesting its potential application.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiqiu Wang, Shixiu Wang, Fang Wang, Guodong Zhang, Xiufeng Wang, Ting Zhou, Zhiqing Zhang
Summary: This work focuses on studying a new anionic Gemini surfactant and its application in natural gas hydrate fracturing fluid. The results show that the surfactant exhibits excellent surface activity and can form micelles in aqueous solution. The optimized formulation of the fracturing fluid system shows good rheological properties and sand suspension performance.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ming-Wei Gao, Ming-Shan Zhang, Heng-Yi Du, Ming-Wei Zhao, Cai-Li Dai, Qing You, Shun Liu, Zhe-Hui Jin
Summary: The traditional multi-process for enhancing tight oil recovery has several deficiencies, such as low efficiency, rapid decline in production, high cost, and complexity. Therefore, a new technology called fracturing-oil expulsion integration is developed to efficiently exploit tight oil without the need for flowback after fracturing. A novel triple-responsive smart fluid based on pseudo-Gemini zwitterionic viscoelastic surfactant (VES) is developed, showing excellent CO2-, thermal-, and pressure-triple responsive behavior. This smart fluid can meet the technical requirements of tight oil fracturing construction at high temperatures and CO2 concentrations.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zhanqing Qu, Jiwei Wang, Tiankui Guo, Lin Shen, Hualin Liao, Xiaoqiang Liu, Jiacheng Fan, Tong Hao
Summary: This study integrated a comprehensive flowback model of fracturing fluid by combining a modified proppant sedimentation velocity calculation model, a critical proppant regurgitation velocity calculation model, and a wellhead pressure calculation model. By establishing an optimization model of fracturing fluid flowback with specific criteria, the study was able to improve efficiency and reduce proppant settlement in fractured wells. The model was verified with data from fractured wells in DaQing Oilfield, showing promising results with average errors of 11.9% for wellhead pressure and 11.6% for flowback flowrate. Additionally, parametric analysis revealed the effects of factors such as reservoir permeability, reservoir porosity, fracturing fluid density, and proppant particle size on flowback efficiency and proppant settlement degree.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xianbao Wang, Minting Zhang, Fang Chu, Chuyue Gao, Jiarong Ran, Yili Xie, Yinping Hou, Anlong Zhang
Summary: This study proposes a new strategy to improve the anaerobic digestion of fracturing flowback fluid under high salinity stress by adding AQDS. Results show that the addition of AQDS effectively alleviates the inhibition of high salinity on the anaerobic digestion, and improves COD removal efficiency and cumulative methane yield. Additionally, AQDS can alleviate the damage to anaerobic microorganisms caused by high salinity and promote their metabolic activity.
JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Tao Xu, Jincheng Mao, Yang Zhang, Xiaojiang Yang, Chong Lin, Anqi Du, Heng Zhang
Summary: A novel viscoelastic surfactant VES-Q with high salt tolerance was successfully synthesized in this study, which can be used to prepare clean fracturing fluids that meet the requirements of hydraulic fracturing operations.
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
(2021)