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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Ayman Al-Nakhli, Dhahran, SA;
Amjed Mohammed Hassan, Dhahran, SA;
Alade Olalekan Saheed, Dhahran, SA;
Mohamed Ahmed Nasr Eldin Mahmoud, Dhahran, SA;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Methods, systems, and compositions for increasing hydrocarbon production from a wellbore where the wellbore or a nearby hydrocarbon reservoir is suffering from water blockage, one method including identifying water blockage in a rock sample of a formation via increased capillary pressure in the rock sample; formulating an exothermic reaction component to remove water blockage from a reservoir rock in situ via heat and pressure release, the reservoir rock type the same as the rock sample; injecting the exothermic reaction component into the wellbore; and allowing the exothermic reaction component to react to remove water blockage in situ to decrease capillary pressure of the reservoir rock without substantially changing porosity of the reservoir rock.