US 11,981,863 B2
Method and composition to enhance the performance of encapsulated breakers
Ali Abdullah M. Al-Taq, Qatif (SA); and Basil Mansour Alfakher, Qatif (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,039.
Prior Publication US 2023/0374373 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/72 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/68 (2013.01) [C09K 8/706 (2013.01); C09K 8/72 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.