King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Saudi Arabia

Murtada S Al-jawad

Ali Abdullah Al-Taq

Sajjad A Aldarweesh

Methods of cleanup for hydraulic fracturing operations using a polymeric thickening agent may include use of exothermically reactive salts. For example, a method of cleanup may include use of a first fluid including a first exothermically reactive salt and a second fluid including a second exothermically reactive salt. Upon introduction into a subterranean reservoir, exothermically reactive salts may undergo an exothermic reaction to generate heat, and such heat generated from the exothermic reaction may break a polymeric thickening agent and decrease viscosity thereof.

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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Murtada S Al-jawad