Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

James B Thomas

Owen J Hehmeyer

Erik N English

Nancy H Choi

Eric R Grueschow

Scott P Runyon

Nancy Hyangsil Choi

Pauline W Ondachi

Methods of stimulating a hydrocarbon well are disclosed herein. The hydrocarbon well includes a wellbore that extends within a subterranean formation and a tubular that extends within the wellbore and defines a tubular conduit. The methods include retaining a sealing structure within the tubular conduit and, during the retaining, stimulating a zone of the subterranean formation. Subsequent to the stimulating, the methods include fluidly isolating the zone of the subterranean formation from the uphole region by at least partially sealing the plurality of perforations. Subsequent to the fluidly isolating, the methods include moving the sealing structure in a downhole direction within the tubular conduit. The methods also include repeating the retaining, the stimulating, the fluidly isolating, and the moving a plurality of times to stimulate a plurality of corresponding zones of the subterranean formation.

Methods of stimulating a hydrocarbon well

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Aledo, TX, United States of America

James B Thomas