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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Rajesh Kumar Saini, Cypress, TX (US);

Mohammad H. Haque, Katy, TX (US);

Jose I. Rueda, Dhahran, SA;

Almaz M. Sadykov, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/80 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); C09K 8/805 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of stimulating petroleum production includes introducing a fracturing fluid into a petroleum formation, thereby creating at least one fracture to stimulate the petroleum production. The fracturing fluid is introduced into the petroleum formation at a pressure above the breakdown pressure of the formation. The fracturing fluid includes a plurality of proppants where from 1 to 50 wt. % of the plurality of proppants includes micro proppants having a particle size ranging from 0.5 to 150 μm, and from 50 to 99 wt. % of the plurality of proppants includes macro proppants having a particle size greater than 100 mesh.


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