Research Article
New Insights of Formation Damage Caused by Borate Crosslinker Fracturing Fluids
Jie Xiao* and Xin Sun
Holding Energy Petroleum Engineering, (BeiJing) Co Ltd., China
- *Corresponding Author:
- Jie Xiao
Consultant, Holding Energy Petroleum Engineering
(BeiJing) Co., Ltd, China
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Received Date: December 16, 2016; Accepted Date: December 22, 2016; Published Date: January 02, 2017
Citation: Xiao J, Sun X (2017) New Insights of Formation Damage Caused by Borate Crosslinker Fracturing Fluids. Oil Gas Res 3: 128. doi: 10.4172/2472-0518.1000128
Copyright: © 2017 Xiao J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing has substantially increased the productivity of unconventional reservoirs. The most widely used one is the cross-linked fracturing fluids. Therefore this study analyzed the formation damage issues caused by borate cross-linked fracturing fluids. Results shows that permeability of formation and proppant pack conductivity are greatly affected by reside left behind. The unbroken polymer chains may be cross-linked again if favor conditions present. The residue will ultimately reduce the conductivity of sand pack and only a small amount of guar residue can be displaced with production. To minimize the formation damage problems caused by polymer residue, the concentration of breaker needs to be the optimum value. To help analyze the degradation extent of fracturing fluids, flow-back fluids can be analyzed through various chemical analysis methods, taking into account the dilution effect of produced water.
