Y-grade NGL or L-grade is used as a carrier fluid to transport one or more chemical additives into a hydrocarbon bearing reservoir to treat the hydrocarbon bearing reservoir. The Y-grade NGL or L-grade and the chemical additives may be chilled and/or foamed.

A composition includes an oil phase; a water phase emulsified in the oil phase; a viscosifier including a carbon chain and a polar group disposed along the carbon chain; and a hydrophobic nanomaterial having an average particle size of less than about 1 μm. The hydrophobic nanomaterial including a silane or siloxane molecule having a nonpolar chain disposed on a surface thereof.

Producing proppants with nanoparticle proppant coatings includes reacting nanoparticles with at least one of an alkoxysilane solution or a halosilane solution to form functionalized nanoparticles and coating proppant particles with unfunctionalized organic resin, a strengthening agent, and the functionalized nanoparticles to produce the nanoparticle coated proppant. The functionalized nanoparticles include nanoparticles having at least one attached omniphobic moiety including at least a fluoroalkyl-containing group including 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctylsilane. The strengthening agent comprises at least one of carbon nanotubes, silica, alumina, mica, nanoclay, graphene, boron nitride nanotubes, vanadium pentoxide, zinc oxide, calcium carbonate, or zirconium oxide. Additionally, increasing a rate of hydrocarbon production from a subsurface formation through the use of the nanoparticle coated proppant includes producing a first rate of production of hydrocarbons from the subsurface formation, introducing a hydraulic fracturing fluid into the subsurface formation, and increasing hydrocarbon production by producing a second rate of production of hydrocarbons.

Discrete, individualized carbon nanotubes having targeted, or selective, oxidation levels and/or content on the interior and exterior of the tube walls can be used for nanotube-mediated controlled delivery of degradative molecules, such as oxidizers and enzymes, for oil-field drilling applications. A manufacturing process using minimal acid oxidation for carbon nanotubes may also be used which provides higher levels of oxidation compared to other known manufacturing processes.

A polymer gel may comprise a polymer gel base material and superparamagnetic nanoparticles. At least 25 wt. % of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles may have diameters in a first size range between a first diameter and a second diameter. At least 25 wt. % of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles may have diameters in a second size range between a third diameter and a fourth diameter. The Brownian relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the first size range may be at least 5 times the Neel relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the first size range. The Neel relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the second size range may be at least 5 times the Brownian relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the second size range. Methods for monitoring gel integrity in a wellbore are further included.

A method may comprise reacting components comprising functionalized silica nanoparticles and a crosslinkable component in a subterranean formation to create a barrier in the subterranean formation, wherein the functionalized silica nanoparticles comprise at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of amino groups, thiol groups, and combinations thereof.

The present invention relates to the well drilling field in petrochemical industry, and discloses a drilling fluid additive composition and water-based drilling fluid suitable for horizontal shale gas wells. The composition comprises a nano-plugging agent, a bionic wall bracing agent, a bionic shale inhibitor, an emulsifier, and an amphiphobic wettability reversal agent, wherein, the nano-plugging agent is modified silicon dioxide nano-particles, and its modifying group includes an acrylic copolymer chain; the bionic wall bracing agent is carboxymethyl chitosan with a dopamine-derived group grafted on its main chain; the bionic shale inhibitor is composed of structural units of arginine and structural units of lysine; and the amphiphobic wettability reversal agent is a dual-cation fluorocarbon surfactant. The drilling fluid containing the additive composition provided in the present invention has high temperature-resistance, high plugging and high inhibition performance, is environment friendly, especially has high density, and is applicable to shale gas mining.

The present invention relates to the well drilling field in petrochemical industry, and discloses an environment-friendly water-based drilling fluid applicable to horizontal shale gas wells comprising a nano-plugging agent, a bionic wall bracing agent, a bionic shale inhibitor, a filler, an emulsifier, and an amphiphobic wettability reversal agent, wherein, the nano-plugging agent is modified silicon dioxide nano-particle, and its modifying group includes an acrylic copolymer chain; the bionic wall bracing agent is carboxymethyl chitosan with a dopamine-derived group grafted on its main chain; the bionic shale inhibitor is composed of structural units of arginine and structural units of lysine; the filler consists of calcium carbonate of 1,600-2,500 mesh, calcium carbonate of 1,050-1,500 mesh, and calcium carbonate of 500-1,000 mesh at a weight ratio of 1:0.55-6:0.55-6; and the amphiphobic wettability reversal agent is a dual-cation fluorocarbon surfactant. The drilling fluid provided in the present invention has high temperature-resistance, high plugging and high inhibition performance, is environment friendly, especially has high density, and is applicable to shale gas mining.

Provided is an injection fluid that may include a nanoemulsion having an oil phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, and non-superparamagnetic magnetic nanoparticles that are present in the dispersed oil phase. Further provided is a method for preparing an injection fluid that may include preparing a nanoemulsion from an aqueous phase and an oil phase having non-superparamagnetic magnetic nanoparticles therein, and may be used to form nanodroplets of the non-superparamagnetic magnetic nanoparticles. Further provided is a method for tracking movement of an injection fluid. The method may include introducing a tagged injection fluid into a hydrocarbon-containing reservoir, the tagged injection fluid may be a nanoemulsion that includes: an aqueous phase, an oil phase dispersed in the aqueous phase, and non-superparamagnetic nanoparticles that are present in the dispersed oil phase; and tracking the movement of the tagged injection fluid.

Mineral particles may provide for wellbore fluids with tailorable properties and capabilities. In some instances, a dry wellbore additive may comprise a plurality of first mineral particles having a specific gravity of about 2.6 to about 20; a plurality of second mineral particles having a specific gravity of about 5.5 to about 20; a plurality of lubricant particles having a specific gravity of about 2.6 to about 20; wherein the first mineral particles, the second mineral particles, and the lubricant particles are different; and wherein the first mineral particles, the second mineral particles, and the lubricant particles have a multiparticle specific gravity of about 3 to about 20.