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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2022
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Houston, TX (US);
Neil Alan Stegent, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Barree, Houston, TX (US);
Victor Daniel Escobar Acosta, Houston, TX (US);
Maharaja Palanivel, Al-Khobar, SA;
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method comprising: introducing a first fluid into a wellbore above a fracture gradient of a subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore to create a first plurality of fractures within a first portion of the subterranean formation; introducing a second fluid comprising at least one acid component into the wellbore above the fracture gradient of the subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore to create a second plurality of fractures within a second portion of the subterranean formation; allowing the second fluid to enter at least one natural fracture in the first or second portion of the subterranean formation allowing the acid component to dissolve at least a portion of the subterranean formation to form one or more induced fractures in fluidic communication with the natural fracture, at least some of the first plurality of fractures, and at least some of the second plurality of fractures.