FRICTION REDUCER

• US 20120157354A1
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Li, Leiming, Lin, Lijun, Quintero, Baudel William, Howard, Paul R.
• Application Number:
  US13/316,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20120157354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 507/129
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2208/28 Friction or drag reducing additives
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2208/30 Viscoelastic surfactants [VES]
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/08 containing natural organic compounds, e.g. polysaccharides, or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/605 containing biocides
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/68 containing organic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/86 containing organic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/90 of natural origin, e.g. polysaccharides, cellulose
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/94 Foams

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a composition comprising from about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt % of a plant based product comprising mucilage. Methods of making the composition, a well treatment fluid comprising the composition, and methods of using the composition are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A composition comprising from about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt % of a plant based product comprising mucilage, wherein the mucilage is present in the composition at a concentration sufficient to achieve 10 to 80% drag reduction in a fluid, wherein % drag reduction is determined according to the formula:

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the plant based product comprising mucilage comprises an extract, pressing, homogenate, or a combination thereof from at least one plant source.

3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the plant based product comprising mucilage comprises an extract, pressing, homogenate, or a combination thereof from Aloe Vera, Basella Alba, Cactus, Chondrus crispus, Dioscorea opposita, Drosera, Fenugreek, Flax seed, Kelp, Liquorice root, Marshmallow, Mullein, Okra, Parthenium, Pinguicula, Psyllium seed husks, Salvia hispanica seed, Ulmus rubra bark, or a combination thereof.

4. The composition of claim 1, comprising water or brine.

5. The composition of claim 1 further comprising a gas, a proppant particulate, a foaming agent, a gelling agent, a pH control agent, a breaker, an oxidizing breaker, a gel stabilizer, a fluid loss control additive, a clay stabilizer, a corrosion inhibitor, a crosslinking agent, a scale inhibitors, a catalyst, a surfactant, a preservative, a biocide, a thermal stabilizer, or a combination thereof.

6. The composition of claim 1, further comprising from about 1 ppm to 1 wt % each of a biocide, a preservative, a thermal stabilizer, or a combination thereof.

7. The composition of claim 6, wherein the biocide comprises a quaternary amine, an aldehyde, an alpha-omega di-aldehyde, or a combination thereof.

8. The composition of claim 6, wherein the thermal stabilizer comprises a metal from Groups 3-16 of the Periodic Table of the Elements.

9. The composition of claim 6, wherein the thermal stabilizer comprises a metal salt, oxide or coordination compound comprising a Group 3 to Group 12 metal of the Periodic Table of the Elements.

10. The composition of claim 6, wherein the thermal stabilizer comprises zirconium.

11. A well treatment fluid comprising the composition of claim 1.

12. A friction reducer fluid comprising the composition of claim 1.

13. A method of treating a wellbore comprising:

introducing a well treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the well treatment fluid comprises from about 0.1 to about 50 wt % of a plant based product comprising mucilage.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the well treatment fluid further comprises at least one additive selected from the group consisting of:

a gas, a proppant particulate, a foaming agent, a gelling agent, a pH control agent, a breaker, an oxidizing breaker, a gel stabilizer, a fluid loss control additive, a clay stabilizer, a corrosion inhibitor, a crosslinking agent, a scale inhibitors, a catalyst, a surfactant, a preservative, a biocide, a thermal stabilizer, and a combination thereof.

15. A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising:

providing a fracturing fluid comprising from about 0.1 to about 50 wt % of a plant based product comprising mucilage and introducing the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or extend at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.

16. A method to produce a composition comprising:

combining a plant based product comprising mucilage with a solvent, in an amount sufficient to produce a composition comprising from about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt % of the plant based product comprising mucilage, wherein the plant based product comprising mucilage comprises an extract, a pressing, a homogenate, or a combination thereof, from at least one plant source.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one plant source is selected from the group consisting of:

Aloe Vera, Basella Alba, Cactus, Chondrus crispus, Dioscorea opposita, Drosera, Fenugreek, Flax seed, Kelp, Liquorice root, Marshmallow, Mullein, Okra, Parthenium, Pinguicula, Psyllium seed husks, Salvia hispanica seed, Ulmus rubra bark, and a combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising adding from about 1 ppm to about 1 wt % each of a biocide, a preservative, a thermal stabilizer, or a combination thereof to the composition, wherein the thermal stabilizer comprises a metal salt, oxide or coordination compound comprising a Group 3 to Group 12 metal of the Periodic Table of the Elements.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the thermal stabilizer comprises zirconium.