Enhancement Of Friction Reducer Performance In Hydraulic Fracturing
A method may include: providing a fracturing fluid including, but not limited to, an aqueous base fluid, a friction reducer, and a friction reduction booster; and introducing the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation.
1 . A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising:
providing a fracturing fluid comprising:
an aqueous base fluid,
a friction reducer, and
a friction reduction booster; and
introducing the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the aqueous base fluid has a concentration of total dissolved solids of about 3,000 TDS to about 250,000 TDS.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the total dissolved solids comprise at least one of chlorides, sulfates, bicarbonates, magnesium, calcium, strontium, potassium, sodium, lithium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, iron, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, sulfur in a form of hydrogen sulfide, arsenic, barium, boron, chromium, selenium, uranium, fluorine, bromine, iodine, and combinations thereof.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the friction reducer is selected from the group consisting of at least one of a polyacrylamide, a polyacrylamide derivative, a synthetic polymer, an acrylamide copolymer, an anionic acrylamide copolymer, a cationic acrylamide copolymer, a nonionic acrylamide copolymer, an amphoteric acrylamide copolymer, a polyacrylate, a polyacrylate derivative, a polymethacrylate, a polymethacrylate derivative, polymers synthesized from one or more monomeric units selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, acrylic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, acrylamido tertiary butyl sulfonic acid, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, vinyl sulfonic acid, N-vinyl acetamide, N-vinyl formamide, itaconic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid esters, or methacrylic acid esters, their corresponding salts related salts, their corresponding esters, or combinations thereof.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the friction reduction booster comprises a quaternary amine with the following structure:
wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are individually selected from C1-C24 alkyl and aryl.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the quaternary amine has the following structure:
where n is any even integer from 8 to 20 and x is a halide.
7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the quaternary amine has the following structure:
where x is a halide.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the friction reduction booster is present in a range of about 0.007 gpt to about 0.03 gpt.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the friction reducer is present in a range of about 1 gpt to about 10 gpt.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the fracturing fluid further comprises a proppant.
11 . A fracturing fluid comprising:
an aqueous base fluid;
a friction reducer; and
a friction reduction booster.
12 . The fracturing fluid of claim 11 , wherein the aqueous base fluid has a concentration of total dissolved solids of about 3,000 TDS to about 250,000 TDS.
13 . The fracturing fluid of claim 11 , wherein the friction reducer is selected from the group consisting of at least one of a polyacrylamide, a polyacrylamide derivative, a synthetic polymer, an acrylamide copolymer, an anionic acrylamide copolymer, a cationic acrylamide copolymer, a nonionic acrylamide copolymer, an amphoteric acrylamide copolymer, a polyacrylate, a polyacrylate derivative, a polymethacrylate, a polymethacrylate derivative, polymers synthesized from one or more monomeric units selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, acrylic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, acrylamido tertiary butyl sulfonic acid, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, vinyl sulfonic acid, N-vinyl acetamide, N-vinyl formamide, itaconic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid esters, or methacrylic acid esters, their corresponding salts related salts, their corresponding esters, or combinations thereof.
14 . The fracturing fluid of claim 11 , wherein the friction reduction booster comprises a quaternary amine with the following structure:
where R1, R2, R3, and R4 are individually selected from C1-C24 alkyl and aryl.
15 . The fracturing fluid of claim 14 , wherein the quaternary amine has the following structure:
where n is any even integer from 8 to 20 and X is a halide.
16 . The fracturing fluid of claim 14 , wherein the quaternary amine has the following structure:
where x is a halide.
17 . The fracturing fluid of claim 11 , wherein the friction reduction booster is present in a range of about 0.007 gpt to about 0.03 gpt.
18 . The fracturing fluid of claim 11 , wherein the friction reducer is present in a range of about 1 gpt to about 10 gpt.
19 . The fracturing fluid of claim 11 , wherein the fracturing fluid further comprises a proppant.
20 . A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising:
providing a fracturing fluid comprising:
an aqueous base fluid, wherein the aqueous base fluid is water with a concentration of total dissolved solids of about 3,000 TDS to about 250,000 TDS,
a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide-containing polymer present in an amount of about 1 gpt to about 10 gpt, and
a friction reduction booster, wherein the friction reduction booster is DDAC present in an amount of about 0.007 gpt to about 0.03 gpt; and
introducing the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation.