Novel high-efficiency boron crosslinkers for low-polymer-loading fracturing fluids

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 885-893

  Legemah, Magnus U ^a   Guerin, Michael ^a   Sun, Hong ^a   Qu, Qi ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; CROSSLINKING; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; OIL FIELDS; OILFIELD CHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; PROPPANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCAFFOLDS; VISCOSITY;

ADJUSTABLE DELAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY; FLUID VISCOSITY; FLUID-LOSS CONTROL; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; POLYMER LOADING; POLYMER RESIDUE; TRIMETHYLBORATE;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84886570144     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/164118-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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