Conventional slickwater fracturing fluid has been successfully used in the fracturing of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs such as shale, but the problems of poor sand-carrying performance and low imbibition recovery have not been effectively solved. To solve this problem, a new nano variable-viscosity slickwater was synthesized, which not only had excellent drag reduction characteristics of conventional slickwater, but also had strong variable-viscosity sand-carrying performance. In addition, the system contained the preferred optimized nano-emulsion, which can modify the shale oil reservoir wetted by mixing or oil to be wetted by water, and had the effect of strong imbibition displacement. Through a series of laboratory experimental evaluation, it can be found that the carbon nano imbibtion (CNI) system nano variable-viscosity slickwater is in the form of emulsion, which can be prepared online in real time. By adjusting its concentration, the viscosity changes significantly, reaching the effect of high drag reduction at low concentration and strong sand carrying at high concentration, and the residue content and damage to the reservoir are low, realizing multiple effects in one dose. At the same time, it has the effect of modified oil displacement that conventional slickwater and guar sand-carrying fluid do not have, to improve crude oil recovery. Nano variable-viscosity slickwater has the properties of high drag reduction, high sand carrying, low damage and strong replacement at the same time, and can be used as the main fracturing fluid for shale oil fracturing in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]