Borate crosslinked fracturing fluid viscosity reduction breaker mechanism and products
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机译:硼酸盐交联压裂液减粘剂机理及产品
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It has been discovered that borate crosslinked fracturing fluid breaker mechanisms are improved by the inclusion of a cation-releasing material. When cations are released or liberated within the fracturing fluid, they complex with the hydroxide or carbonate pH buffers used within the borate crosslinked fracturing fluid, which in turn reduces the pH of the fracturing fluid. Once the pH is lowered, viscosity reduction (breaking) occurs by uncrosslinking of the polymer within the fracturing fluid, and by initiating or increasing activity of an enzyme breaker, if present. In one embodiment, the cations are divalent cations. The divalent cations are preferably slowly released over a period of time. Two specific, preferred materials for releasing divalent cations are calcium lignosulfonate and calcium chloride, the latter preferably in encapsulated form.
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