Recent advances in cellulose and its derivatives for oilfield applications

Kun Liu; Haishun Du; Ting Zheng; Huayu Liu; Meng Zhang; Rui Zhang; Haiming Li; Hongxiang Xie; Xinyu Zhang; Mingguo Ma; Chuanling Si

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117740

Recent advances in cellulose and its derivatives for oilfield applications

Carbohydr Polym. 2021 May 1:259:117740. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117740. Epub 2021 Feb 6.

Authors

Kun Liu¹, Haishun Du², Ting Zheng³, Huayu Liu¹, Meng Zhang¹, Rui Zhang⁴, Haiming Li⁵, Hongxiang Xie⁶, Xinyu Zhang⁷, Mingguo Ma⁸, Chuanling Si⁹

Affiliations

¹ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA.
³ Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, Greenville, SC, 29607, USA.
⁴ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Grapeman (Tianjin) Technology Co. Ltd., Tianjin 300457, China.
⁵ Grapeman (Tianjin) Technology Co. Ltd., Tianjin 300457, China.
⁶ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China. Electronic address: xiehx@tust.edu.cn.
⁷ Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA. Electronic address: xzz0004@auburn.edu.
⁸ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Engineering Research Center of Forestry Biomass Materials and Bioenergy, Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China. Electronic address: mg_ma@bjfu.edu.cn.
⁹ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China. Electronic address: sichli@tust.edu.cn.

PMID: 33674000
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117740

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to summarize and discuss the recent developments in exploring cellulose and its derivatives in the applications of oilfield chemicals for petroleum drilling and exploiting. We begin with a brief introduction of cellulose and its common water-soluble derivatives, such as the carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and amphoteric cellulose. Afterwards, the applications of cellulose derivatives in different petroleum exploitation processes, such as drilling, cementing, and fracturing, are set out in detail. Finally, the application perspectives and challenges of cellulose derivatives for oilfield applications are presented. This work demonstrates that cellulose derivatives have wide application prospects in oilfield industry in the future.

Keywords: Cellulose; Cellulose derivatives; Cementing; Drilling; Fracturing.

Publication types

Review