Foam from low cost petroleum sulfonate surfactants for fracturing along with wettability alteration

摘要

Embodiments of the disclosure provide compositions and methods suitable for injection of a nanosurfactant-based foam composition into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation for hydraulic fracturing operations. The nanosurfactant-based foam composition includes a gaseous component and nanoassemblies that contain a petroleum sulfonate surfactant, mineral oil, and a zwitterionic co-surfactant.