Patent ID: 11920085
Assignee: PFP INDUSTRIES LLC
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A fracturing fluid composition comprising;
a slurry comprising:
an oil-based vehicle comprising:
between 45% and 70% of a petroleum distillate,
between 1% and 5% of a suspending agent comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, and
no white medicinal oil, and

between 25 and 50% of a dry particulate water-soluble polymer comprising water-soluble polymer particles,

a water source selected from the group consisting of fresh water, brackish water, salt water, sea water, produced water, flowback water, and mixtures thereof, and
a proppant,, wherein:
the oil-based vehicle coats the polymer particles reducing particle-to-particle cohesion, the suspending agent suspends the coated polymer particles in the slurry reducing a rate of particle settling, and
the coated particles cause the fracturing fluid to have a reduced rate of particle clumping or fish eye formation, to have an increased rate of polymer particle hydration, to have a reduced value of fluid drag or friction caused by particle aggregation, and to have an improved proppant carrier capacity.