IP Library Granted Patent US 12680438
Granted Patent B1
US 12680438 · App. 19/360,497 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Fracturing fluid pad fluid for optimizing size of in-situ self-generated proppant and application thereof

Inventors: Zengbao Wang (Qingdao City, CN); Weian Huang (Qingdao City, CN); Yuwei Gan (Qingdao City, CN); Yingrui Bai (Qingdao City, CN); Yongping Zhan (Qingdao City, CN); Junjie Jiang (Qingdao City, CN)
Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM(EAST CHINA)
E21B43/267C09K8/80
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Patent No.
US 12680438
App. No.
19/360,497
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

A fracturing fluid pad fluid is applicable to a calcium-rich reservoir and composed of clear water, phosphate, pH regulator and Ca 2+ chelator, wherein, for 100 weight parts of clear water, the content of the phosphate is 1 to 10 weight parts, the volume molar concentration of the pH regulator is 1 to 5 mol/L, and the volume molar concentration of the Ca 2+ chelator is 0.001 to 1 mol/L; the pH regulator is urea, ammonia water, propanamide and the like, and the Ca 2+ chelator is EDTA and glutamic acid and the like. The present disclosure increases the average particle size of the proppant particles generated by hydrothermal reaction of formation minerals, thereby improving its propping effect in the formation micro-fractures.

Claims (6)

1 . A fracturing fluid pad fluid for optimizing a size of an in-situ self-generated proppant, applicable to a calcium-containing reservoir, wherein, the mass fraction of calcium in formation minerals in the calcium-containing reservoir is greater than 50%, and the fracturing fluid pad fluid consisting of:

water, phosphate, pH regulator and Ca 2+ chelator,

wherein, for 100 weight parts of water, the content of the phosphate is 7 weight parts, the volume molar concentration of the pH regulator is 1 mol/L, and the volume molar concentration of the Ca 2+ chelator is 0.5 to 1 mol/L;

the phosphate is at least one of diammonium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate and sodium phosphate,

the pH regulator is urea, and

the Ca 2+ chelator is glutamic acid.