Development of Fracturing Fluids Based on Acrylamide Copolymers and Study of Their Physical and Technological Properties Using the Oscillatory Rheometry Methods

Abstract

This work studies the rheological properties of aqueous solutions of acrylamide copolymers. The prevailing role of elastic properties over viscous properties in predicting the proppant suspension capacity of the resulting fracturing fluid is shown. Furthermore, the potential of the use of oscillatory rheometry for studying fracturing fluid stability is demonstrated.