Suspended sand dragging fibers and preparation methods thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12371608-B1
Application number	US-202519090383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 25, 2025
Priority date	Dec 25, 2024
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A suspended sand dragging fiber and a preparation method thereof, the method including: dispersing nanoparticles into a first solvent, adding a coating agent and a flexibilizer to the first solvent, and stirring and aging to obtain a surface treatment agent; adding a surfactant to a second solvent, adding alkyl polyether siloxane to the second solvent after the surfactant is dissolved in the second solvent, and stirring to obtain a finishing agent; transferring the surface treatment agent to a sizing trough of a sizing machine, sizing polyester fibers using the sizing machine, and drying and curing to obtain surface-modified fibers, and diluting the finishing agent to obtain a finishing agent solution, and treating the surface-modified fibers with the finishing agent solution to obtain the suspended sand dragging fiber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing a suspended sand dragging fiber for efficient placement of proppant in a fractured well, comprising:
S1, dispersing nanoparticles into a solvent A, adding a coating agent and a flexibilizer to the solvent A, stirring for 0.5 h to 1 h and aging for 24 h to obtain a surface treatment agent; wherein the coating agent includes one or more of a silane coupling agent, a polyurethane emulsion, and a styrene-acrylic emulsion, the flexibilizer includes one or more of polyethylene glycol 600, azelaic acid, and octanoic acid, the nanoparticles include one or more of nanoparticle silicon dioxide, nanoparticle titanium dioxide, nanoparticle kaolin, and nano alumina, and the solvent A includes one or more of ethylene glycol butyl ether, glycerol, and water;
wherein a mass percentage of the coating agent is in a range of 0.1% to 10.0%, a mass percentage of the flexibilizer is in a range of 0.1% to 3.0%, a mass percentage of the nanoparticles is in a range of 0.1% to 2.0%, and a remaining is the solvent A, with a total of 100%;
S2, adding a cationic surfactant to a solvent B, adding an alkyl polyether siloxane to the solvent B after the cationic surfactant is dissolved in the solvent B, and stirring for 5 min to 30 min to obtain a finishing agent; wherein the cationic surfactant includes one or more of dodecylbenzyldimethylammonium chloride, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, dodecyldimethylamine oxide, ethylenediamine ditallow dimethyl ammonium chloride and alkyl polyether amines, and the solvent B includes one or more of acetone, ethanol, and deionized water;
wherein a mass percentage of the cationic surfactant is in a range of 5% to 15.0%, a mass percentage of the alkyl polyether siloxane is in a range of 5% to 15.0%, and a remaining is the solvent B, with a total of 100%;
S3, transferring the surface treatment agent to a sizing trough of a sizing machine, sizing polyester fibers through double padding and double squeezing using the sizing machine, and drying and curing to obtain surface-modified fibers; and
S4, diluting the finishing agent to obtain a finishing agent solution, and treating the surface-modified fibers with the finishing agent solution to obtain the suspended sand dragging fiber.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in S3, a temperature for drying is in a range of 80° C. to 120° C.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein S4 includes:
process 1: cutting the surface-modified fibers into short fibers with a length of 3 mm to 9 mm, mixing the short fibers with the finishing agent solution, and stirring to obtain the suspended sand dragging fiber; or
process 2: transferring the finishing agent solution to a padder trough, connecting the surface-modified fibers to the padder trough, two rollers, and a fiber cutter, and cutting the surface-modified fibers to the short fibers with a length of 3 mm to 9 mm by squeezing and rolling the surface-modified fibers using the two rollers to obtain the suspended sand dragging fiber.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein in S4, the short fibers and the finishing agent solution are mixed according to a mass ratio in a range of 6:4 to 8:2.

5. A suspended sand dragging fiber for efficient placement of proppant in a fractured well, which is prepared by the method of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Chengdu Leps Tech Co Ltd
• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Guo Jianchun
• Ren Shan
• Liu Bin
• Liu Yuxuan
• Lu Yang
• Lu Qianli
• Zhang Shaobin
• Zhou Hangyu
• Guo Qingsong
• Zhang Jiapeng
• Zhang Tao
• Wang Hongmei
• Zuo Hengbo
• Zhu Yongxin
• Diao Su

Classifications

• D06M15/643

  containing silicon in the main chain · CPC title

• D06M15/705

  Embossing; Calendering; Pressing · CPC title

• C09K2208/08

  Fiber-containing well treatment fluids · CPC title

• D06M23/10 Primary

  Processes in which the treating agent is dissolved or dispersed in organic solvents; Processes for the recovery of organic solvents thereof · CPC title

• D06M2200/40

  Reduced friction resistance, lubricant properties; Sizing compositions · CPC title