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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2023
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, Houston, TX (US);
Nicole Mast, Houston, TX (US);
Denise Nicole Benoit, Houston, TX (US);
Larry Steven Eoff, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Bryant Eddings, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Friction reducers can be included in a liquid concentrate for use in treatment fluids in oil and gas operations. The liquid concentrate can be a slurry and include oil or a brine as the continuous phase and the friction reducer in dry form as the dispersed phase. The liquid concentrate can be an invert emulsion and include oil as the continuous phase and water and friction reducer dissolved in the water as the dispersed phase. A suspending agent can be included in the liquid concentrate to distribute and suspend the friction reducer throughout the continuous phase. The suspending agent can form micelles that form a mesh-like network to distribute and suspend the friction reducer. A portion of the liquid concentrate can be added to a base fluid at the wellsite to form the treatment fluid. The treatment fluid can be a fracturing fluid.