Preparation and Performance Evaluation of CO2 Foam Gel Fracturing Fluid
Yan Gao, Jiahui Yang, Zefeng Li, Zhenfeng Ma, Xinjie Xu, Ruiqiong Liu, Xin Li, Lixiao Zhang, Mingwei Zhao, Clement Higginbotham · 2024
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Description
Yan Gao and co-authors describe a new fracturing fluid in a 2024 materials paper. The fluid is a foam gel made with carbon dioxide gas, meant to crack rock so oil or gas can flow. Such fluids use less water and harm the rock less, but many are weak or hard to make.
The team mixed a thickening agent and a foaming agent to build a simpler, firmer foam. In sand tests, grains sank very slowly, and the foam held sand better than the plain base fluid. Heat and shear tests showed the foam kept useful thickness after long stress. The authors see promise for tight, low-pressure rock where water use is a concern.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yan Gao, Jiahui Yang, Zefeng Li, Zhenfeng Ma, Xinjie Xu, Ruiqiong Liu, Xin Li, Lixiao Zhang, Mingwei Zhao, Clement Higginbotham |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |