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US 2019/0055462 A1Published application
Y-grade ngl fracturing fluids
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJohn A. BABCOCK, Charles P. SIESS, III
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Abstract
Fracturing fluids in the form of a hydrocarbon foam, an emulsion based foam, an emulsion, and a gelled fracturing fluid, each comprising Y-Grade NGL, which is an unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture that comprises ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, and pentane plus, wherein the unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture is a byproduct of a condensed and de-methanized hydrocarbon stream.
Claims39
A Y-Grade NGL fracturing fluid, comprising:
- a proppant;
- an unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture comprising ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, and pentane plus, wherein the unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture is a byproduct of a condensed and de-methanized hydrocarbon stream, wherein the unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture is condensed out of the hydrocarbon stream at a temperature at or below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, wherein the unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture comprises ethane, propane, and butane in an amount of at least 75% by volume, and wherein the unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture comprises pentane plus in an amount less than 30% by volume;
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- a chemical agent.
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