Laboratory study on using produced water in high pH borate gels used in hydraulic fracturing

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2016-January, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Elsarawy, Ahmed M ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Cawiezel, Kay E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MAGNESIUM; POSITIVE IONS; PRODUCED WATER; SALTS; VISCOSITY;

CATION CONCENTRATIONS; COMPATIBILITY TEST; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY STUDIES; MONOVALENT CATIONS; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETER; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84977071283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/179553-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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