The invention provides a gelling agent for
acid fracturing operation and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the field of oilfield chemical assistants.The method comprises the steps that 2-methyl benzylacrylate and N, N-
dimethylethanolamine are subjected to an
esterification reaction, then
methane chloride is added for a quaternization reaction, and a functional cationic
monomer is obtained; the preparation method comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing a functional cationic
monomer, a cationic
monomer, a nonionic monomer, a sulfonic monomer,
ammonium chloride and deionized water to obtain a water-
phase reaction solution; uniformly mixing an oily
solvent and an emulsifier to obtain an oil-
phase reaction solution; and adding the oil-
phase reaction liquid into the water-phase reaction liquid, then adding an initiator to initiate a
polymerization reaction, and after the reaction is completed, adding a
phase inversion agent to obtain the gelling agent for
acid fracturing operation. The gelling agent for
acid fracturing operation prepared by the invention is high in stability, high in dispersion speed and good in high
temperature resistance, has the advantages of high
viscosity, no residue, convenience in use and the like, and can improve the efficiency of acid fracturing operation.