CPC C09K 8/68 (2013.01) [C09K 8/706 (2013.01); C09K 8/72 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method to enhance performance of encapsulated breakers comprising:
injecting into a fractured wellbore a fluid comprising an ammonium-comprising compound through a first tubing and a fluid comprising sodium nitrite through a second tubing,
wherein the fractured wellbore has been fractured with a fracturing fluid comprising an encapsulated breaker; and
reacting the ammonium-comprising compound and the sodium nitrite in an exothermic chemical reaction, wherein the molar ratio of the sodium nitrite to the ammonium-comprising compound ranges from 4:1 to 1:1, the exothermic chemical reaction generating heat to release the encapsulated breaker from encapsulation within 60 minutes.
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