Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piperazine-based viscoelastic surfactants for hydraulic fracturing applications
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Application No.: US17454705Application Date: 2021-11-12
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Publication No.: US11713412B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar , Eyad Alali , Mohammed Abudullah Bataweel , Nisar Ullah , Muhammad Mansha
- Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY , KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY,KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
- Current Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY,KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran; SA Dhahran
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: C09K8/60
- IPC: C09K8/60 ; C09K8/84

Abstract:
A wellbore fluid including a first surfactant, a second surfactant, an activator and an aqueous base fluid is provided. The first surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (I):
where Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 are each, independently, a sulfonate, a carboxylate, an ester or a hydroxyl group, m is an integer ranging from 2 to 3, and n, o, and k are each, independently, integers ranging from 2 to 10. The second surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (III):
where R2 is a C15—C27 hydrocarbon group or a C15—C29 substituted hydrocarbon group, R3 is C1—C10 hydrocarbon group, and p and q are each, independently, an integer ranging from 1 to 4. A method of using the wellbore fluid for treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation is also provided.
where Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 are each, independently, a sulfonate, a carboxylate, an ester or a hydroxyl group, m is an integer ranging from 2 to 3, and n, o, and k are each, independently, integers ranging from 2 to 10. The second surfactant has a structure represented by Formula (III):
where R2 is a C15—C27 hydrocarbon group or a C15—C29 substituted hydrocarbon group, R3 is C1—C10 hydrocarbon group, and p and q are each, independently, an integer ranging from 1 to 4. A method of using the wellbore fluid for treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230151265A1 PIPERAZINE-BASED VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2023-05-18
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