Associative Polymer Fluid With Clay Nanoparticles For Proppant Suspension
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsPrashant D. Chopade, Dipti Singh, Jeremy A. Holtsclaw
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Abstract
Provided herein are methods systems and compositions of a fracturing fluid comprising an associative polymer and clay nanoparticles. A method may comprise: providing a fracturing fluid comprising: a carrier fluid; an associative polymer; and clay nanoparticles; and injecting the fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation at or above a fracture gradient.
Claims20
A fracturing fluid comprising:
- a carrier fluid;
- an associative polymer;
- and
- clay nanoparticles.
A fracturing fluid comprising:
- a carrier fluid;
- an associative polymer comprising at least one hydrophobe comprising from 1 to 24 carbons;
- and
- clay nanoparticles.
The fracturing fluid of claim 17, wherein the carrier fluid comprises aqueous fluids, non-aqueous fluids, slickwater fluids, aqueous gels, viscoelastic surfactant gels, foamed gels, emulsions, and any combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.