Complementary surfactant compositions and methods for making and using same
View Patent ↗Complementary surfactant systems and downhole fluids made using the systems are disclosed along with methods for making and using same, where the surfactant systems include from 0 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a first surfactant subsystem, from 100 wt. % to 0 wt. % of a second surfactant subsystem, and from 0 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a solvent subsystem based on the wt. % of the surfactant subsystems, where the system is tailored to foam the fluid including the analyzed crude and/or condensate.
1. A surfactant composition comprising:
a first surfactant subsystem comprising a fluorinated surfactant including fluoroaliphatic polymeric ester (FAPE) surfactants,
a second surfactant subsystem comprising silicon surfactant, and
0 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a solvent subsystem based on the wt. % of the surfactant subsystems selected from the group consisting of terpenes and mixture of terpenes derived from citrus plants including a biodegradable blend of paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, esters, and oxygenates, d-limonenes, orange terpenes, lemon terpenes, grapefruit terpenes, orange oil, lemon oil, other citrus terpenes, other citrus oils, or mixtures and combinations thereof,
where a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 10:1 and about 1:10 and where the composition tailored to foam a fluid including a spectroscopically analyzed crude and/or condensate present in a producing formation.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 4:1 and about 1:4.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 7:3 and about 3:7.
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 3:2 and about 2:3.
5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is about 1:1.
6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 1:10 to 10:1, while a weight ratio of the solvent subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between 1 and 10.
7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 1:4 to 4:1, while a weight ratio of the solvent subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between 1 and 4.
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 3:7 to 7:3, while a weight ratio of the solvent subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between 3 and 7.
9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 2:3 to 3:2, while a weight ratio of the solvent subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between 2 and 3.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem to solvent subsystem varies between about 1:1:0.1 and about 1:1:10.
11. A drilling fluid composition comprising a surfactant system including:
a first surfactant subsystem comprising a fluorinated surfactant including fluoroaliphatic polymeric ester (FAPE) surfactants,
a second surfactant subsystem comprising silicon surfactant, and
0 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a solvent subsystem based on the wt. % of the surfactant subsystems selected from the group consisting of terpenes and mixture of terpenes derived from citrus plants including a biodegradable blend of paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, esters, and oxygenates, d-limonenes, orange terpenes, lemon terpenes, grapefruit terpenes, orange oil, lemon oil, other citrus terpenes, other citrus oils, or mixtures and combinations thereof,
where a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 10:1 and about 1:10 and where the system is tailored to foam the drilling fluid composition including a spectroscopically analyzed crude and/or condensate present in a producing formation.
12. A completion fluid composition comprising a surfactant system including:
a first surfactant subsystem comprising a fluorinated surfactant including fluoroaliphatic polymeric ester (FAPE) surfactants,
a second surfactant subsystem comprising silicon surfactant, and
0 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a solvent subsystem based on the wt. % of the surfactant subsystems, selected from the group consisting of terpenes and mixture of terpenes derived from citrus plants including a biodegradable blend of paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, esters, and oxygenates, d-limonenes, orange terpenes, lemon terpenes, grapefruit terpenes, orange oil, lemon oil, other citrus terpenes, other citrus oils, or mixtures and combinations thereof
where a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 10:1 and about 1:10 and where the system is tailored to foam the completion fluid composition including a spectroscopically analyzed crude and/or condensate present in a producing formation.
13. A fracturing fluid composition comprising a surfactant system including:
a first surfactant subsystem comprising a fluorinated surfactant including fluoroaliphatic polymeric ester (FAPE) surfactants,
a second surfactant subsystem comprising silicon surfactant, and
0 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a solvent subsystem based on the wt. % of the surfactant subsystems selected from the group consisting of terpenes mixture of terpenes derived from citrus plants including a biodegradable blend of paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, esters, and oxygenates, d-limonenes, orange terpenes, lemon terpenes, grapefruit terpenes, orange oil, lemon oil, other citrus terpenes, other citrus oils, or mixtures and combinations thereof,
where a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 10:1 and about 1:10 and where the system is tailored to foam the fracturing fluid composition including a spectroscopically analyzed crude and/or condensate present in a producing formation.
14. A stimulating fluid composition comprising a surfactant system including:
a first surfactant subsystem comprising a fluorinated surfactant including fluoroaliphatic polymeric ester (PAPE) surfactants,
a second surfactant subsystem comprising silicon surfactant, and
0 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a solvent subsystem based on the wt. % of the surfactant subsystems selected from the group consisting of terpenes and mixture of terpenes derived from citrus plants including a biodegradable blend of paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, esters, and oxygenates, d-limonenes, orange terpenes, lemon terpenes, grapefruit terpenes, orange oil, lemon oil, other citrus terpenes, other citrus oils, or mixtures and combinations thereof,
where a weight ratio of the first surfactant subsystem to the second surfactant subsystem is between about 10:1 and about 1:10 and where the system is tailored to foam the stimulating fluid composition including a spectroscopically analyzed crude and/or condensate present in a producing formation.