| US 7,531,483 B2 | ||
| Energized fluids and methods of use thereof | ||
| Alejandro Pena, Houston, Tex. (US); Golchehreh Salamat, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); and Lijun Lin, Stafford, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 20, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/384,686. | ||
| Application 11/384686 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/042215, filed on Jan. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0178276 A1, Aug. 10, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. C09K 8/035 (2006.01); C09K 8/20 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); E21B 43/25 (2006.01); E21B 37/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/10 (2006.01); E21B 43/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 507—211 [507/240; 507/244; 507/246; 507/248; 166/278; 166/308.2; 166/308.6] | 24 Claims |

| 1. A method of fracturing subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising:
(a) preparing an energized fluid comprising an aqueous medium, a gas component, a surfactant, an electrolyte, and a diutan
S-8 heteropolysaccharide, and an organoamino compound selected from the group consisting of tetraethylenepentamine, triethylenetetramine,
pentaethylenhexamine, triethanolamine, and any mixtures thereof, wherein the organoamino compound is incorporated in an amount
from about 0.01 wt % to about 2.0 wt % based on total liquid phase weight, and preferably in an amount from about 0.05 wt
% to about 1.0 wt % based on total liquid phase weight, wherein the gas component comprises carbon dioxide, and wherein the
surfactant is an amine functional surfactant selected from the group consisting of zwitterionic, amphoteric, cationic and
any combination thereof, incorporated in an amount of from about 0.02 wt % to about 5 wt % of total liquid phase weight, and
preferably from about 0.05 wt % to about 2 wt % of total liquid phase weight;
(b) introducing the fluid into the formation through the wellbore at a pressure above the minimum in situ rock stress of the
formation; and,
(c) fracturing the formation.
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