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Method for reducing friction loss in a well fracturing process
Assignee: Nalco Exxon Energy Chemicals LP
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Filing: 1978-02-09
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Granted: 1979-05-01
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Expires: 1998-02-09
Abstract
Abstract A method of reducing friction loss in oil well fracturing through the addition of small amounts of copolymers of acrylamide and quaternary salts of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate and dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth G. Phillips
- 👤 Wood E. Hunter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-28 09:40
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/60; C09K8/62; C09K8/66; C09K8/68; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S507/00; Y10S507/922; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/0318; Y10T137/0391
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of reducing friction loss due to turbulent flow in an aqueous fracturing fluid in an oil field fracturing process comprising adding to said aqueous fracturing fluid a water-soluble copolymer consisting of from about 40-95% by weight acrylamide and the remainder being a quaternary salt of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate which has been formed by reaction of the dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate monomer with alkyl chloride, bromide or sulfate quaternizing agents containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of reducing friction loss due to turbulent flow in an aqueous fracturing fluid in an oil field fracturing process comprising adding to said aqueous fracturing fluid a water-soluble copolymer consisting of from about 40-95% by weight acrylamide and the remainder being a quaternary salt of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate which has been formed by reaction of the dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate monomer with alkyl chloride, bromide or sulfate quaternizing agents containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the water-soluble copolymer has a molecular weight ranging between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
127 words
In the process of fracturing an earth formation penetrated by a well, wherein an aqueous fracturing fluid is injected through the well into the earth formation at a high velocity to cause fracturing of the formation, the improvement of decreasing the friction loss in the flow of the aqueous fracturing fluid which comprises adding to the fracturing fluid prior to injection at least 50 parts per million by weight of a water-soluble copolymer consisting of from about 40-95% by weight acrylamide and the remainder being a quaternary salt of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate which has been formed by reaction of the dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate monomer with alkyl chloride, bromide or sulfate quaternizing agents containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
127 words
In the process of fracturing an earth formation penetrated by a well, wherein an aqueous fracturing fluid is injected through the well into the earth formation at a high velocity to cause fracturing of the formation, the improvement of decreasing the friction loss in the flow of the aqueous fracturing fluid which comprises adding to the fracturing fluid prior to injection at least 50 parts per million by weight of a water-soluble copolymer consisting of from about 40-95% by weight acrylamide and the remainder being a quaternary salt of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate which has been formed by reaction of the dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate monomer with alkyl chloride, bromide or sulfate quaternizing agents containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the water-soluble copolymer has a molecular weight ranging between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000.
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