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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Lijun Lin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Carlos Abad, Richmond, TX (US);
Bruno Drochon, Missouri City, TX (US);
Gregory Kubala, Houston, TX (US);
Laura Shafer, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
Alejandro Pena, Ciudad Ojeda, VE;
Ramsey Buoy, Pasadena, TX (US);
Lijun Lin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Carlos Abad, Richmond, TX (US);
Bruno Drochon, Missouri City, TX (US);
Gregory Kubala, Houston, TX (US);
Laura Shafer, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
Alejandro Pena, Ciudad Ojeda, VE;
Ramsey Buoy, Pasadena, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A wellbore treatment fluid is formed from an aqueous medium, a gas component, a viscosifying agent, and a surfactant. The surfactant is represented by the chemical formula:[R—(OCHCH)—O—YO]Xwherein R is a linear alkyl, branched alkyl, alkyl cycloaliphatic, or alkyl aryl group; O is an oxygen atom; Y is either a sulfur or phosphorus atom; m is 1 or more; n is a integer ranging from 1 to 3; p is a integer ranging from 1 to 4; q is a integer ranging from 0 to 1; and X is a cation. The fluid may be used in treating a subterranean formation penetrating by a wellbore by introducing the fluid into the wellbore. The fluid may be used in fracturing a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore by introducing the fluid into the formation at a pressure equal to or greater than the fracture initiation pressure.