Patent ID: 8053395

Claim:
A treatment fluid for treating a subterranean formation to improve gas production therefrom, the treatment fluid comprising: a non-aqueous fluid comprising an oxygenated solvent; and a cationic polyorganosiloxane comprising at least two cationic quaternary ammonium groups, wherein the cationic polyorganosiloxane is present in an amount in the range of from about 0.1% to about 10% by the combined weight of the non-aqueous fluid and the cationic polyorganosiloxane; and, wherein the cationic polyorganosiloxane comprises a compound represented by the following structure: wherein R 4 is an hydroxyalkyl group, R 5 is an hydroxyalkyl group, a is an integer in the range of from 10 to 2,000, and X − is a compatible anion.