The present invention relates to a hydraulic fracturing fluid composition comprising a homogeneous non-aqueous organic phase mixture which mixture comprises a base fluid and one or more surfactants.

A quaternized alkoxylated polyethylene amine can be used in a variety of industries, including the oil and gas servicing industry, as a laundry detergent, the personal care industry, as an industrial cleaner, paint, or coating, and mining operations industry. A treatment fluid comprises: a base fluid; and the surfactant. A method of treating a subterranean formation comprises introducing the treatment fluid into a well, wherein the well penetrates the subterranean formation.

The present disclosure is directed to surfactants (in particular olefin sulfonates), surfactant packages, compositions derived thereof, and uses thereof in hydrocarbon recovery. Methods of making olefin sulfonate surfactants are also described.

An inhibition corrosion package for use with an acidic composition, where the package comprises a terpene component; a propargyl alcohol or derivative thereof; at least one amphoteric surfactant; and a solvent. Also disclosed are acidic compositions combining the corrosion inhibition package according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for use in various industrial operations including but not limited to oil and gas operations. Also disclosed are methods of use of such compositions.

A nonionic Gemini surfactant, (octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether disubstituted) dicarboxylic acid diphenyl ether has a structural formula of: ##STR00001##
and is prepared by a two-step reaction: S1, diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarboxylic acid is subjected to an acyl chlorination reaction to obtain diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarbonyl dichloride; S2, diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarbonyl dichloride is subjected to an esterification reaction with octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (OP-10) to obtain the target product (octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether disubstituted) dicarboxylic acid diphenyl ether. The surfactant is expected to be applied in tertiary oil recovery as an alkali/surfactant, in polymer/surfactant binary composite flooding, in alkali/surfactant/polymer ternary composite flooding, as a microemulsion emulsifier and the like, and it can also be compounded with a common surfactant to reduce the use cost, and thus create conditions for its large-scale application.

Compositions and methods for use in fracturing treatments using friction reducing additives that include nanoparticles are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a treatment fluid that includes an aqueous base fluid and a friction reducing additive, the friction reducing additive including at least one polymer and a plurality of nanoparticles; and introducing the treatment fluid into a portion of a subterranean formation at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.

The present disclosure is directed to surfactants (in particular olefin sulfonates), surfactant packages, compositions derived thereof, and uses thereof in hydrocarbon recovery. Methods of making olefin sulfonate surfactants are also described.

A slurry comprised of paraffinic or aromatic hydrocarbons, a viscosifier, a dry friction reducer polymer, and a lubricant.

The present disclosure relates to biocide compositions, formulations and methods for using formulations. In particular the present disclosure relates to biocide compositions and their use in effecting biocidal activity in subterranean oil and gas wells being drilled, completed, worked over or produced.

Methods for delivering treatment chemicals into a subterranean formation using treatment fluids that include nanoemulsions are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a treatment fluid including an aqueous base fluid and a nanoemulsion including a water-soluble internal phase, a water-soluble external phase, and a surfactant, the nanoemulsion being formed by mechanically-induced shear rupturing; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.