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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventor:

Samuel Danican, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/88 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/528 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/604 (2013.01); C09K 8/685 (2013.01); C09K 8/88 (2013.01); C09K 8/885 (2013.01); C09K 8/887 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 8/528 (2013.01); C09K 8/605 (2013.01); C09K 2208/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); C09K 2208/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation include introducing a fracturing fluid containing an aqueous medium, a viscosifying agent and a polyethylene oxide alkyl ether through a wellbore and into the subterranean formation, pressurizing the fracturing fluid to fracture the subterranean formation, and allowing the fracturing fluid to flow back into the wellbore from the subterranean formation. The polyethylene oxide alkyl ether useful in some embodiments is defined according to the formula: where Rand Rare independently selected from linear or branched alkyl groups having from 2 to 16 carbon atoms, and 'n' may be a value selected from within a range of from 1 to 100.


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