US 12,012,834 B2
Distribution of hydraulic fracturing fluids
Farid Hamida, Sfax (TN); Bruce Mackay, Missouri City, TX (US); Herbe Gomez Conzatti Y Martinez, Sugar Land, TX (US); Karishma Prasad, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Belgin Baser-Langenau, Oldenburg (DE)
Assigned to schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/999,789
Filed by SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/035386
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/247659, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,619, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332492 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 25/312 (2022.01); C02F 11/12 (2019.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); B01F 101/49 (2022.01)
CPC E21B 43/2607 (2020.05) [B01F 23/56 (2022.01); B01F 25/31243 (2022.01); C02F 11/12 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); B01F 2101/49 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
dewatering a hydraulic fracturing slurry at a centralized facility, wherein the dewatering comprises removing at least a portion of water from the hydraulic fracturing slurry;
using a low-shear addition system at the centralized facility to add a friction-reducing additive to the hydraulic fracturing slurry a fluid to produce a friction-reduced hydraulic fracturing slurry, wherein the low-shear addition system comprises at least one eductor or at least one auger;
conveying the friction-reduced hydraulic fracturing slurry from the centralized facility to at least one fracturing site through at least one pipeline; and
injecting the friction-reduced hydraulic fracturing slurry into a reservoir to stimulate at least one well at the at least one fracturing site.