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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Applicants:
Elise Switzer, Napa, CA (US);
Cody Friesen, Fort McDowell, AZ (US);
Heath Lorzel, Mesa, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERISTY, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 8/70 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for facilitating extraction of subterranean hydrocarbons from a geologic structure. The present methods include causing corrosion of a base metal within a geologic structure to produce a gaseous product to increase pressure and form fractures in the geologic structure. Some embodiments of the present methods include injecting a fluid composition comprising the base metal into a wellbore (e.g., into a geologic structure via the wellbore).