Patent ID: 11932811
Assignee: NEXTIER COMPLETION SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  E | IPC C  E

Claim 0:
1. A method of fracturing a formation comprising:
injecting a fracturing fluid composition or completion fluid composition into the formation under fracturing conditions or completion conditions, the fracturing fluid composition or completion fluid composition comprising:
a base fluid, and
a surfactant composition including:
(a) a mixture of one or more nonionic surfactants and one or more anionic surfactants or (b) a mixture of one or more nonionic surfactants and one or more cationic surfactants; and
a colloid and/or micelle size reducing composition comprising:
a solvent system comprising one or more sesquiterpenes, and
an activator system comprising one or more dibasic esters; and

a proppant,
wherein the colloid and/or micelle size reducing composition reduces a size of colloids or micelles to less than or equal to 100 nm in the fracturing fluid composition or completion fluid composition.