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US 11,078,407 B2Granted
Method to hydraulically fracture a well
AssigneeMulti-Chem Group, LLC
InventorsIan Wood Straffin, Howard Thomas Riley, Teddy Joel Dubois, James William Ogle
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Abstract
A method may comprise: determining a total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration of a water source; correlating the TDS concentration to an ion concentration; and selecting at least one friction reducing polymer for a hydraulic fracturing operation based at least in part on the ion concentration.
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A method comprising:
- providing a historical database comprising a total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration, density, and an ion concentration of a plurality of water sources over time;
- providing a sample of water taken from a water source selected from the plurality of water sources;
- measuring a density of the sample of water;
- correlating the density of the sample of water to the TDS concentration of the plurality of water sources;
- referencing the historical database to correlate the TDS concentration of the plurality of water sources to the ion concentration of the plurality of water sources;
- selecting at least one friction reducing polymer for a hydraulic fracturing operation based at least in part on the ion concentration;
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- introducing a fracturing fluid comprising the selected at least one friction reducing polymer into a wellbore.
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A method comprising:
- measuring a density of a water source of a wellbore and correlating the density of the water source to a cation concentration of the water source based at least in part on a historical database comprising a total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration, density, and a cation concentration of a plurality of water sources of hydraulic fracturing operations over time;
- selecting at least one friction reducing polymer based at least in part on the cation concentration of the water source;
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- introducing the selected at least one friction reducing polymer and water from the water source into a flow loop.
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