Different strategies of foam stabilization in the use of foam as a fracturing fluid

J Zhou, PG Ranjith, WAM Wanniarachchi - Advances in Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
An attractive alternative to mitigate the adverse effects of conventional water-based fluids on
the efficiency of hydraulic fracturing is to inject foam-based fracking fluids into reservoirs …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles stabilized foam fluid for hydraulic fracturing application of unconventional gas reservoirs: A review of the properties, progress and future …

A Verma, N Pal, N Kumar, A Al-Yaseri, M Ali, K Ojha - Petroleum Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles stabilized foam fracturing fluid is an emerging technology in the field of
hydraulic fracturing for the unconventional reservoirs. Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known …

Construction and mechanism study of clean N2 foam fracturing fluid stabilized by viscoelastic surfactant in concentrated brines for unconventional oil and gas

W Zhang, L Wan, Y Fan, X Zhang, J Zhou… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a much-anticipated clean thickener, viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) have drawn much
attention in the development of foam fracturing fluids for unconventional oil and gas …

Design of a salt-tolerant Gemini viscoelastic surfactant and the study of construction of wormlike micelle structure in high-salinity aqueous environment

W Zhang, J Mao, Z Jia, X Yang, P Zhang, X Su… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, a zwitterionic Gemini VES (named VES-C) with double ultra-long hydrophobic tails
was designed and synthesized which aimed to construct WLM net-structures in high-salinity …

Optimizing proppant placement in rough-walled rock fractures

M Zhang, M Prodanovic - … Conference, Denver, Colorado, 22-24 July …, 2019 - library.seg.org
The propped fracture dimension and fracture conductivity are controlled by the proppant
placement during the hydraulic fracturing stimulation treatment. Proppant placement has …

Experimental investigation of foam rheology in rough fractures

A Radhakrishnan, K Johnston, D DiCarlo… - … Conference, 26–28 …, 2021 - library.seg.org
Fracturing is commonly used in unconventional wells to increase productivity and injectivity.
Highly viscous ultra-dry carbon dioxide foams serve as an effective alternative to viscosified …

Carbon Dioxide-in-Oil (C/O) Emulsions Stabilized by Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized with Oleophilic and CO2-philic Ligands

S Alzobaidi, T Angeles, G Rodriguez… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
High pressure CO2-in-mineral oil (C/O) emulsions with apparent bulk viscosities up to 14
mPa s (at 25° C and 17.34 MPa) were generated with surface-modified nanoparticles (NPs) …

Experiments and simulations to study transport and structure of foam in rough carbonate fractures

A Radhakrishnan, A Gigliotti, KP Johnston… - Transport in Porous …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we explore the influence of fracture roughness on foam transport and structure.
Foam flow is studied using core flood experiments and novel Lattice Boltzmann method …

Design of nanoparticles for generation and stabilization of CO2-in-brine foams with or without added surfactants

AJ Worthen, S Alzobaidi, V Tran, M Iqbal, JS Liu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
Whereas many studies have examined stabilization of emulsions and foams in low salinity
aqueous phases with nanoparticles (NPs) with and without added surfactants, interest has …

Understanding foam flow in rough carbonate fractures

A Radhakrishnan, A Gigliotti, KP Johnston… - SPE Improved Oil …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Foams are used to improve the sweep efficiency during oil recovery in carbonates.
Carbonates have high permeability fractures and vugs which can alter the foam structure …