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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Bitao Lai, Katy, TX (US);

Feng Liang, Cypress, TX (US);

Leiming Li, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Jilin Zhang, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for hydraulically fracturing a geologic formation include circulating a proppant-free hydraulic fracturing liquid into a wellbore that is formed from a terranean surface into a geologic formation within a subterranean zone that is adjacent the wellbore; fluidly contacting the geologic formation with the proppant-free hydraulic fracturing liquid for a specified duration of time; and subsequent to the specified duration of time, circulating a hydraulic fracturing liquid that includes proppant into the wellbore to fracture the geologic formation.


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