CPC C09K 8/685 (2013.01) [C09K 8/602 (2013.01); C09K 8/805 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
pumping or injecting, into a formation under fracturing conditions, a fracturing fluid comprising:
an aqueous base fluid including at least 5,000 ppm total dissolved solids,
a friction reducer, a high viscosity friction reducer, or mixtures thereof,
an effective amount of an enhancing proppant suspending composition comprising:
one or more aldehydes,
one or more ketones, or
mixtures or combinations thereof,
one or more hydrophobic modified proppants, and
no ammonium based quaternary salts,
wherein the effective amount is between about 1 ppm and 1,000 ppm and is sufficient to suspend the one or more hydrophobic modified proppants in the fracturing fluid reducing proppant settling during the pumping or injecting step.
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