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Liquified carbon dioxide (CO2) can be used in hydraulic fracturing fluids to provide nonaqueous alternatives to conventional water‐based fluids as it is more environmentally benign and minimizing depletion of natural‐source freshwater. However, conventional CO2‐based fluids are not sufficiently viscous to suspend proppants that are added to fracturing fluids to hold open subterranean fractures. Because...