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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Katherine Leigh Hull, Houston, TX (US);
Rajesh Kumar Saini, Cypress, TX (US);
Desmond Schipper, Houston, TX (US);
Brady Kevin Crane, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/524 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/524 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 8/665 (2013.01); C09K 2208/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological formation. The VES fracturing fluid is provided through a wellbore into the geological formation to hydraulically fracture the geological formation to form hydraulic fractures in the geological formation. The method includes oxidizing organic material in the hydraulic fractures with the VES fracturing fluid.