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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ahmed M. Gomaa, Tomball, TX (US);
Qi Qu, Spring, TX (US);
Russell L. Maharidge, Spring, TX (US);
Scott G. Nelson, Edmond, OK (US);
Ted B. Reed, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C09K 8/64 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); C09K 8/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); C09K 8/64 (2013.01); C09K 8/70 (2013.01); C09K 8/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
The complexity of a fracture network within a subterranean formation may be enhanced by pumping a high breakdown pressure fluid followed by a low breakdown pressure fluid into the formation. The method increases the Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) of the formation and provides for a network of ancillary fractures within the formation.