Innovative friction reducer provides improved performance and greater flexibility in recycling highly mineralized produced brines

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE USA Unconventional Resources Conference 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 179-189

  Ferguson, Marcelle L ^a   Anderson, Clifford C ^b   Eichelberger, Peter B ^a   Hallock, James K ^b   Qiu, Xiaoping ^c   Roell, Rebecca L ^c  

^a NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Cudd Energy Services   (United States)

^c SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TESTING; CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FRICTION REDUCTION; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; POLYMER TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

EMULSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FRICTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INDUSTRY; MATERIALS HANDLING; POLYMERS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRIBOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84881089499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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