Foaming agent for subterranean formations treatment, and methods of use thereof

US8916507B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Lijun Lin · Sugar Land, US
• Carlos Abad · Richmond, US
• Bruno Drochon · Villiers-sur-Marne, FR
• Gregory Kubala · Houston, US
• Laura Shafer · Kuala Lumpur, MY
• Alejandro Pena · Katy, US
• Ramsey Buoy · Pasadena, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 24, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K2208/26
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A wellbore treatment fluid is formed from an aqueous medium, a gas component, a viscosifying agent, and a surfactant. The surfactant is represented by the chemical formula:[R—(OCH2CH2)m—Oq—YOn]pXwherein R is a linear alkyl, branched alkyl, alkyl cycloaliphatic, or alkyl aryl group; O is an oxygen atom; Y is either a sulfur or phosphorus atom; m is 1 or more; n is a integer ranging from 1 to 3; p is a integer ranging from 1 to 4; q is a integer ranging from 0 to 1; and X is a cation. The fluid may be used in treating a subterranean formation penetrating by a wellbore by introducing the fluid into the wellbore. The fluid may be used in fracturing a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore by introducing the fluid into the formation at a pressure equal to or greater than the fracture initiation pressure.