Reusing Flowback and Produced Water with Different Salinity to Prepare Guar Fracturing Fluid

Economical and environmental concerns have forced the oil and gas industry to consider reusing flowback and produced water for fracturing operations. The major challenge is that the high-salinity of flowback water usually prevents its compatibility with several fracturing fluid additives. In this pa...

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Main Authors: Erdong Yao, Hang Xu, Yuan Li, Xuesong Ren, Hao Bai, Fujian Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/1/153