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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2024
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Chunli Li, Houston, TX (US);
Zhiwei Yue, Houston, TX (US);
Linping Ke, Houston, TX (US);
Antonio Recio, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A variety of methods, compositions, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a technique of hydraulic fracturing involving providing a fracturing fluid having capsules containing a demulsifier through a wellbore into a subterranean formation and hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation with the fracturing fluid, wherein the fracturing fluid forms an emulsion in the subterranean formation. The technique includes releasing the demulsifier from the capsules in the subterranean formation, breaking the emulsion in the subterranean formation with the demulsifier released by the capsules, and flowing the fracturing fluid as flowback from the subterranean formation through the wellbore to surface after and/or during the breaking of the emulsion.