Methods of improving, optimizing, or maximizing proppant suspension during formation fracturing
US11732183B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2022 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC09K2208/28
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Compositions and methods of fracturing including a hydrophobic rendered proppant or a proppant slurry and a fracturing fluid including an aqueous base fluid, a viscosifying agent or mixture of viscosifying agents, and an enhancing proppant suspending composition including an aldehyde, a mixture of aldehydes, a ketone, a mixture of ketones, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a crosslinking agent or a mixture of crosslinking agents.
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