Dicationic Surfactants as an Additive in Fracturing Fluids to Mitigate Clay Swelling: A Petrophysical and Rock Mechanical Assessment

• Zeeshan Tariq,
• Muhammad Shahzad Kamal,
• Mohamed Mahmoud,
• Mobeen Murtaza,
• Abdulazeez Abdulraheem,
• Xianmin Zhou

Affiliations

Zeeshan Tariq

Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Shahzad Kamal

Center for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Mahmoud

Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mobeen Murtaza

Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Abdulazeez Abdulraheem

Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Xianmin Zhou

Center for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia