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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventor:
Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al-Mulhem, Dhahran, SA;
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of increasing a stimulated reservoir volume in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation in fluid communication with a wellbore, the method including drilling a plurality of lateral extensions at varying depths in the formation extending from a vertical wellbore using underbalanced coiled tubing drilling; 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.