Patent ID: 11959372
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC E  B  C | IPC B  C  E

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving water at a centralized facility;
receiving sand from one or more sand mines at the centralized facility;
receiving one or more chemicals at the centralized facility;
using processing equipment of the centralized facility to process the water, the sand, and the one or more chemicals to produce a fracturing slurry, wherein using the processing equipment comprises:
using a low-shear addition system to add a friction-reducing additive to the fracturing slurry, wherein using the low-shear addition system comprises using at least one eductor to disperse the friction-reducing additive into the fracturing slurry; and
conveying the fracturing slurry from the centralized facility to one or more fracturing sites.