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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Dean M. Willberg, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James Ernest Brown, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/243 (2006.01); E21B 43/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/247 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of stimulating subterranean formations are given in which thermite is placed downhole and then ignited. The thermite may be ignited with a downhole tool, the fracture may be mapped, and the thermite-affected region of the formation may be reconnected to the surface after the thermite reaction through the original or a second wellbore.