Trican Well Service Ltd.
PROPPANT TREATMENT AND ENHANCED WATER IMBIBITION IN TIGHT SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS BY USING DENDRIMERS

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to the use of dendrimers in various compositions and methods applicable in oilfield applications, such as, but not limited to, in compositions containing oilfield chemical additives for enhancing the efficacy of the oilfield chemical additives in such compositions and in compositions containing an aqueous liquid to allow the compositions to exhibit an enhanced water imbibition in a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation.