Applicability Assessment of Viscoelastic Surfactants and Synthetic Polymers as a Base of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids

Silin Mihail, Magadova Lyubov, Malkin Denis, Krisanova Polina, Borodin Sergei and Filatov Andrey
Additional contact information
Silin Mihail: Department of Technology of Chemical Substances for the Oil and Gas Industry of Gubkin University for Valuable Advice on Theoretical Material and Assistance in Experimental Research, Scientific Center of the International Level (Rational Development of the Planet Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves), National University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University), 119991 Moscow, Russia
Magadova Lyubov: Department of Technology of Chemical Substances for the Oil and Gas Industry of Gubkin University for Valuable Advice on Theoretical Material and Assistance in Experimental Research, Scientific Center of the International Level (Rational Development of the Planet Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves), National University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University), 119991 Moscow, Russia
Malkin Denis: Department of Technology of Chemical Substances for the Oil and Gas Industry of Gubkin University for Valuable Advice on Theoretical Material and Assistance in Experimental Research, Scientific Center of the International Level (Rational Development of the Planet Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves), National University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University), 119991 Moscow, Russia
Krisanova Polina: Department of Technology of Chemical Substances for the Oil and Gas Industry of Gubkin University for Valuable Advice on Theoretical Material and Assistance in Experimental Research, Scientific Center of the International Level (Rational Development of the Planet Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves), National University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University), 119991 Moscow, Russia
Borodin Sergei: Department of Technology of Chemical Substances for the Oil and Gas Industry of Gubkin University for Valuable Advice on Theoretical Material and Assistance in Experimental Research, Scientific Center of the International Level (Rational Development of the Planet Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves), National University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University), 119991 Moscow, Russia
Filatov Andrey: Department of Technology of Chemical Substances for the Oil and Gas Industry of Gubkin University for Valuable Advice on Theoretical Material and Assistance in Experimental Research, Scientific Center of the International Level (Rational Development of the Planet Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves), National University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University), 119991 Moscow, Russia

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-19

Abstract: Hydraulic fracturing (HF) is currently the most widespread and effective method of oil production stimulation. The most commonly used fracturing fluid is crosslinked guar gels. However, when using these systems, problems such as clogging of the pore space, cracking, and proppant packing with the remains of the undestroyed polymer arise. Therefore, the efficiency of the hydraulic fracturing process decreases. In this work, compositions based on viscoelastic surfactants (VES) and synthetic polymers (SP) were considered as alternatives capable of minimizing these disadvantages. Most often, the possibility of using a composition as a fracturing fluid is evaluated using rotational viscometry. However, rotational viscometry is not capable of fully assessing the structural and mechanical properties of fracturing fluid. This leads to a reduced spread of systems based on VES and SP. This paper proposes an integrated approach to assessing the effectiveness of a water-based fracturing fluid. The proposed comprehensive approach includes an assessment of the main characteristics of water-based fracturing fluids, including an analysis of their structural and mechanical properties, which is based on a combination of rotational and oscillatory rheology and a comparative analysis of methods for studying the influence of fluids on the reservoir rock. The use of the developed approach to assess the technological properties of fracturing fluids makes it possible to demonstrate the potential applicability of new, unconventional fracturing fluids such as systems based on VES and SP.

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing; guar gum; polyacrylamide (PAM); viscoelastic surfactant; crosslinker; breaker; rotational viscometry; oscillatory rheology; clay swelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/8/2827/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/8/2827/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:8:p:2827-:d:792668

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().