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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Ayman Al-Nakhli, Dhahran, SA;
Jose Rueda, Dhahran, SA;
Mohammed Ahmed Alsayed, Dhahran, SA;
Karim Mechkak, Dhahran, SA;
Almaz Sadykov, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
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.