Abstract: Methods comprising providing a drill-in fluid including an aqueous carrier fluid, a surfactant; and a self-degradable filter cake-forming agent which includes a plurality of degradable particulates which are operable to form an acid upon degradation, and a plurality of acid-degradable particulates. Drilling a wellbore through a reservoir section of a subterranean formation with the drill-in fluid, forming a thin internal filter cake within the wellbore from the self-degradable filter cake-forming agent. Releasing an acid derivative from at least a portion of the plurality of degradable particulates, interacting the acid with the filter cake so as to at least partially degrade the acid-degradable particulates therein. Thereby at least partially removing the filter cake allowing quick lift off of the remaining particulates, and producing a hydrocarbon fluid or gas from the subterranean formation.

Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing downhole a composition comprising a surfactant package comprising a cationic surfactant and anionic surfactant, wherein the surfactant package when contacted with an aqueous solution forms a viscosified composition in the presence of less than about 30 wt. % of a hydrotrope.

Abstract: Compositions and methods relating to treatment fluids that comprise entangled equilibrium polymer networks in subterranean applications. Such methods include providing a treatment fluid comprising at least one entangled equilibrium polymer network, and placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation. Other methods include providing a treatment fluid having a first viscosity comprising an aqueous base fluid and at least one entangled equilibrium polymer network; placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation; contacting the treatment fluid with a hydrocarbon; and allowing the viscosity of the treatment fluid to decrease to a second viscosity that is lower than the first viscosity.

Abstract: Polymeric additives used with viscoelastic surfactants, fluids comprising such additives and viscoelastic surfactants, and associated methods of use, are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a viscoelastic surfactant, and an amphiphilic polymer, the amphiphilic polymer comprising a hydrophobic component, and a hydrophilic component comprising at least 15 monomer units; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.

Abstract: Polymeric additives used with viscoelastic surfactants, fluids comprising such additives and viscoelastic surfactants, and associated methods of use, are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a viscoelastic surfactant, and an amphiphilic polymer, the amphiphilic polymer comprising a hydrophobic component, and a hydrophilic component comprising at least 15 monomer units; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.

Abstract: Methods comprising providing a drill-in fluid including an aqueous carrier fluid, a surfactant; and a self-degradable filter cake-forming agent which includes a plurality of degradable particulates which are operable to form an acid upon degradation, and a plurality of acid-degradable particulates. Drilling a wellbore through a reservoir section of a subterranean formation with the drill-in fluid, forming a thin internal filter cake within the wellbore from the self-degradable filter cake-forming agent. Releasing an acid derivative from at least a portion of the plurality of degradable particulates, interacting the acid with the filter cake so as to at least partially degrade the acid-degradable particulates therein. Thereby at least partially removing the filter cake allowing quick lift off of the remaining particulates, and producing a hydrocarbon fluid or gas from the subterranean formation.

Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing an oil-based wellbore servicing fluid comprising an electrical conductivity enhancer into the wellbore and logging the wellbore by resistivity imaging. A method of servicing a wellbore comprising introducing an oil-based drilling fluid to a wellbore, identifying a subsection of the wellbore for imaging, introducing to the subsection of the wellbore a oil-based wellbore servicing fluid comprising a carbon nanotube wherein the servicing fluid comprising the electrical conductivity enhancer mixes with the oil-based drilling fluid; and imaging the subsection of the wellbore.

Abstract: A subterranean treatment additive comprising a viscoelastic surfactant and an amphiphilic polymer. Wherein the amphiphilic polymer comprises a hydrophobic component, and a hydrophilic component, the hydrophilic component itself comprising at least 15 monomer units. The subterranean treatment additive may be used as part of a treatment fluid with an aqueous base fluid that may be a brine.

Abstract: Of the many embodiments provided herein, one embodiment includes a method comprising: providing a drilling fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid; and a surfactant; and drilling a well bore in a subterranean formation comprising an oleaginous fluid using the drilling fluid, wherein the surfactant forms a micelle within the well bore; and removing an oil block in the formation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to surfactant additives useful for restoring permeability of a subterranean formation and methods of use thereof. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method that includes providing a fracturing fluid having an aqueous fluid, and a microemulsion surfactant, wherein the fracturing fluid is substantially free of an organic solvent; and placing the fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation at a rate sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.

Abstract: Treatment fluids may include an aqueous fluid, a microemulsion surfactant, and an amphiphilic polymer that itself includes a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component. Such treatment fluids may be utilized in subterranean formations such that the microemulsion surfactant forms a microemulsion that comprises the amphiphilic polymer within the subterranean formation.

Abstract: A method comprises providing a treatment fluid having a first viscosity comprising an aqueous base fluid; a viscoelastic surfactant; and a stimuli-responsive water-soluble polymer; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation; and allowing the treatment fluid viscosity to change to a second viscosity in response to a stimulus.

Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing a composition comprising a microemulsion surfactant and a completion fluid into a wellbore, wherein the composition is substantially free of an organic solvent. A method of servicing a wellbore having a permeable zone comprising introducing a composition comprising a brine and a microemulsion surfactant to the wellbore proximate to the permeable zone wherein at least a portion of the composition enters the permeable zone and wherein the composition excludes an organic solvent. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising a microemulsion surfactant and a completion fluid.

Abstract: A subterranean treatment additive comprising a viscoelastic surfactant and an amphiphilic polymer. Wherein the amphiphilic polymer comprises a hydrophobic component, and a hydrophilic component, the hydrophilic component itself comprising at least 15 monomer units. The subterranean treatment additive may be used as part of a treatment fluid with an aqueous base fluid that may be a brine.

Abstract: Stabilized emulsion compositions comprising an oleaginous fluid, a fluid that is at least partially immiscible with the oleaginous fluid, and, an emulsion stabilizing agent. The emulsion stabilizing agent comprises a first ionic compound soluble in the oleaginous fluid or the fluid that is at least partially immiscible with the oleaginous fluid and a second ionic compound with a charge of opposite sign of the first ionic compound and that is at least partially soluble in the opposite fluid as the first ionic compound. The first ionic compound and the second ionic compound are selected from the group consisting of: a cationic ionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a cationic polyelectrolyte, an anionic polyelectrolyte, and a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing a composition comprising a surfactant, brine, an oleaginous fluid, and optionally a co-surfactant in an annular space of the wellbore, wherein the composition forms a microemulsion under low shear conditions.

Abstract: A method comprises providing a drilling fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid; and a microemulsion surfactant; and drilling a well bore in a subterranean formation comprising an oleaginous fluid using the drilling fluid, wherein the microemulsion surfactant forms a microemulsion with the oleaginous fluid within the well bore. In accordance with the method, the subterranean formation has a retained producibility greater than about 50%.

Abstract: Of the methods provided in this invention, one method includes: providing a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid, a microemulsion surfactant, and an amphiphilic polymer, wherein the amphiphilic polymer comprises a hydrophobic component, and a hydrophilic component; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, wherein the microemulsion surfactant forms a microemulsion that comprises the amphiphilic polymer within the subterranean formation.

Abstract: A method comprises providing a treatment fluid having a first viscosity comprising an aqueous base fluid; a viscoelastic surfactant; and a stimuli-responsive water-soluble polymer; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation; and allowing the treatment fluid viscosity to change to a second viscosity in response to a stimulus.

Abstract: Of the many embodiments provided herein, one embodiment includes a method comprising: providing a drilling fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid; and a surfactant; and drilling a well bore in a subterranean formation comprising an oleaginous fluid using the drilling fluid, wherein the surfactant forms a micelle within the well bore; and removing an oil block in the formation.