Oilfield Services
VisLink
The industry’s first fluid system that combines the advantages of slickwater and guar-based systems in hydraulic fracturing
For decades, companies have pursued chemical technologies to help maximize production and reduce costs. Slickwater fracs were reintroduced as a less expensive, less damaging alternative to conventional crosslinked gel treatments. Now, hybrid fracs (slickwater/guar) are used to improve proppant transport over slickwater. VisLink™ accomplishes both in a single chemistry
Holders of many pivotal industry patents, Innospec Oilfield Services (IOS) veteran chemists developed the VisLink™ system for a South Texas customer seeking a more effective crosslinker system—one that would maintain proppant transports while lowering guar loadings to help decrease polymer damage and reduce costs.
When properly formulated, VisLink™ is proven to provide a host of advantages, including:
- Fewer chemicals needed for equal results
- Controls friction pressure for high-rate applications
- Enhances fracture width development and growth
- Excellent proppant transport; better proppant carry capacity than slickwater
- Less damaging than conventional cross-linked fracturing fluid
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