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Patent No.:

US 10053618 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2014

Methods of enhancing and generating microfractures in shale formations

Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);

Corneliu Stanciu, Kingwood, TX (US);

Jesse Clay Hampton, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:

Chamberlain Hrdlicka

Primary Examiner:

Angela M DiTrani

Assistant Examiner:

Andrew Sue-Ako

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); E21B 43/263 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 8/805 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 2208/28 (2013.01); E21B 43/2405 (2013.01); E21B 43/263 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for treating a shale formation may include injecting a pad fluid including a shale stabilizing agent into a shale formation to generate one or more fractures. The method may also include injecting a fracturing slurry including proppant particulates into the one or more generated fractures such that the proppant particulates form microfractures along shale fracture faces. At least a portion of the proppant particulates may be at least partially coated with at least one oxidizing agent.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nguyen, Philip. (2018). Methods of enhancing and generating microfractures in shale formations (U.S. Patent No. 10053618). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10053618

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