Boost Well Productivity with Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing Breakers

Struggling with slow flowback or formation damage? Every fracturing operation faces a critical challenge: efficiently breaking down viscous gels after stimulation to restore optimal well productivity as slow or incomplete degradation leads to costly formation damage, delayed production and lost revenue.

Sunita Hydrocolloids’ high-performance fracturing gel breakers solve this problem with precision-engineered chemistry that ensures rapid viscosity reduction and minimizing flowback time. Our ultra low residue formulation protects reservoir permeability and custom activation is designed for each well’s temperature, pH and fluid system.

The Critical Role of Breakers in Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing fluids rely on polymers like guar gum or Hydroxypropyl Guar (HPG) to carry proppants deep into fractures. Once the job is done, these thick gels must break into thin, flowable fluids to prevent blockages in proppant packs, restore natural permeability for hydrocarbon flow and reduce cleanup costs by accelerating flowback.

Without effective breakers, residual gel can clog fractures, reducing well productivity and increasing operational costs. The right breaker fluid ensures a complete transition from viscous gel to a free flowing fluid. Breakers are used in linear gels, cross linked gels, high viscosity friction reducers (HVFRs) and more. They help reduce their polymer mass, maximizing efficiency and protecting reservoir integrity.

Types of Breakers Sunita Hydrocolloids Offers

Hydraulic fracturing relies on breakers to degrade the thick gels used during stimulation, restoring fluid flow and preventing blockages. Different types of breakers work in distinct ways to achieve this, ensuring efficient cleanup and optimal production.

1. Oxidative breakers – Gel breakers such as ammonium persulfate use chemical reactions to break down polymer chains. By releasing free radicals, they initiate oxidation, which rapidly reduces viscosity in fracturing fluids. 
2. Encapsulated breakers – These introduce a delayed release mechanism, ensuring gel breakdown happens deep within the formation. This allows the completion of the job before the breaking begins and prevents heat in higher temperature wells from inducing premature breaking. These are ideal for complex reservoirs, providing flexibility in timing and activation.
3. Enzymatic breakers – Breakers such as galactomannanase provide a more controlled breakdown, targeting specific bonds within guar based gels. This precision allows for cleaner degradation with minimal residue, making them the preferred choice for environmentally sensitive operations. 

Enzyme breakers have the advantage of continuing to work.  They are not immediately consumed like oxidative breakers.  They simply cleave the polymer bond closest and look for another polymer bond to cleave.  

Each type plays a critical role in optimizing well productivity, ensuring a complete and efficient cleanup while protecting long-term reservoir performance. 

Why Choose Breakers from Sunita Hydrocolloids?

1) Optimized Proppant Pack Cleanup

Sunita’s breakers rapidly degrade residual gelled fluids in the wellbore and fracture network, ensuring faster, more efficient cleanup and unrestricted hydrocarbon flow.

2) Boosted Hydrocarbon Recovery

By breaking down polymer-based gels, our breakers enhance reservoir connectivity, improving fluid mobility for higher production rates and maximized asset ROI.

3) Minimal Formation Damage

Engineered to preserve reservoir permeability, our low-residue breakers prevent pore blockages, extending well life and maintaining long-term productivity.

4) Unmatched Fluid Compatibility

Compatible with all major fracturing fluids (guar, HPG, synthetic polymers) and additives, our breakers adapt to any reservoir condition or operational need.

Ready to Optimize Your Fracturing Fluid Cleanup?

Don’t let inefficient breaking delay your production. Sunita Hydrocolloids’ breakers are proven, customizable and backed by years of oilfield expertise. Contact us for tailored solutions!