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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Ayman Al-Nakhli, Dhahran, SA;

Jose Rueda, Dhahran, SA;

Mohammed Ahmed Alsayed, Dhahran, SA;

Karim Mechkak, Dhahran, SA;

Almaz Sadykov, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/27 (2006.01); E21B 37/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/27 (2020.05); E21B 37/06 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract

Compositions and methods for increasing a stimulated reservoir volume in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation in fluid communication with a wellbore, one method including drilling a plurality of lateral extensions at varying depths in the formation extending from a vertical wellbore using slickwater hydraulic fracturing fluid, the slickwater hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising at least one friction reducer; and injecting an exothermic reaction component into the plurality of lateral extensions to create a plurality of fractures extending outwardly from and between the plurality of lateral extensions to create a multilateral fracture network.


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