... Abstract Completion fluids contain chemicals such as surfactant, friction reducer, clay stabilizer, scale inhibitor and biocides that are pumped downhole during hydraulic fracturing operation to enable oil recovery from shale reservoirs. These chemicals carry a significant cost themselves...

... materials fracturing fluid immersion water retention complex reservoir powder river basin mitigation strategy hydraulic fracturing upstream oil & gas experiment fluorescence proppant cst index basin ash layer compacted sample technology conference characterization completion fluid...

...URTeC: 5698 Comprehensive Laboratory Testing for Screening Completion Fluids to Maximize Productivity of Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs Evan Kias*1, Rahul Kumar1, Bradley Abell1, Ashish Mathur1, Colton Barnes1, Brian Chin1, Chad Belanger1, and Safdar Ali2 1. WDVG Laboratories, 2. WDVG Petroleum...

... a cost-effective FR selection, several lab tests were performed, including friction flow loop and water analysis, followed by field trials, in order to design a completion fluid that adjusts to operator needs and water mineralogy/TDS. As a result of this project, a new slurried FR was introduced...

... design resource technology conference colorado completion fluid URTeC: 3101 Development of a Machine-Learning-Based Workflow for Well Completion Optimization in Permian Basin Leizheng (Kevin) Wang*1, Julia Gale1, Alexander Y. Sun1, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin...

... for testing the impact of altering completions fluids chemistry (fresh versus produced water, surfactants, friction reducers, etc) on oil productivity. The technique starts with carrying out micro-CT and NMR scans on as-received shale plug samples to evaluate sample condition and fluid saturations...