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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Dhahran, SA;
Mohamed Ahmed Nasr El Din Mahmoud, Dhahran, SA;
Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, Dhahran, SA;
Zeeshan Tariq, Dhahran, SA;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A method for the simultaneous removal of filter cake from a wellbore and fracturing of the wellbore using a mixture including a chelating agent and a thermochemical. The method including feeding a mixture into the wellbore, contacting the filter cake with the mixture, reacting the chelating agent and the thermochemical to produce heat and pressure, removing the filter cake from the wellbore, and creating microfractures in the wellbore using pressure produced from the reacting.