Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Almaz Sadykov

Jose I Rueda

Karim Mechkak

Rajesh Kumar Saini

Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli

Mohammad Hamidul Haque

Mohammed Ahmed Alsayed

Compositions and methods for increasing a stimulated reservoir volume in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation in fluid communication with a wellbore, one method including drilling a plurality of lateral extensions at varying depths in the formation extending from a vertical wellbore using slickwater hydraulic fracturing fluid, the slickwater hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising at least one friction reducer; and injecting an exothermic reaction component into the plurality of lateral extensions to create a plurality of fractures extending outwardly from and between the plurality of lateral extensions to create a multilateral fracture network.

Slickwater hydraulic fracturing with exothermic reactants

A method of stimulating petroleum production includes introducing a fracturing fluid into a petroleum formation, thereby creating at least one fracture to stimulate the petroleum production. The fracturing fluid is introduced into the petroleum formation at a pressure above the breakdown pressure of the formation. The fracturing fluid includes a plurality of proppants where from 1 to 50 wt. % of the plurality of proppants includes micro proppants having a particle size ranging from 0.5 to 150 &#x3bc;m, and from 50 to 99 wt. % of the plurality of proppants includes macro proppants having a particle size greater than 100 mesh.

Efficient stimulation of formation using micro-proppants

In an example implementation, a production logging tool includes a housing that includes a first testing section defining a first central opening having a first diameter and a second testing section defining a second central opening having a second diameter different from the first diameter, a first flow sensor positioned within the first central opening, a second flow sensor positioned within the second central opening, and a sealing device configured to seal an annulus of a wellbore. The second central opening is fluidly coupled to the first central opening.

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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Almaz Sadykov