US 11,939,523 B2
Fracturing fluids containing hydrophilic fibers
Changsheng Xiang, Houston, TX (US); Mohan Kanaka Raju Panga, Sugar Land, TX (US); Valerie Gisele Helene Lafitte, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Zachary McCathran, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,488.
Application 17/662,488 is a continuation of application No. 15/575,530, granted, now 11,326,093, previously published as PCT/US2016/033403, filed on May 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/164,674, filed on May 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0403228 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/84 (2006.01); C09K 8/92 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/80 (2013.01) [C09K 8/66 (2013.01); C09K 8/70 (2013.01); C09K 8/84 (2013.01); C09K 8/92 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fracturing fluid, comprising:
two or more fracking fluid stages, wherein each fracking fluid stage of the two or more fracking fluid stages comprise:
an aqueous base fluid;
a gel;
a proppant material; and
a plurality of hydrophilic, pulp fibers having respective fiber lengths, wherein a ratio between an estimated fracture width and the respective fiber lengths is between about 0.25 and about 10.