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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2020
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Eric Van Oort, Bee Cave, TX (US);
Besmir B. Hoxha, Houston, TX (US);
Ali Karimi Vajargah, Austin, TX (US);
Robert O. Williams, III, Austin, TX (US);
Hugh Smyth, Austin, TX (US);
Silvia Ferrati, Austin, TX (US);
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reducing fluid loss in a well bore, methods for wellbore strengthening and increasing the integrity of the borehole of an oil or gas well. Also disclosed are methods for artificially increasing the temperature of a subsurface formation in the wellbore to increase the apparent wellbore strength. The mechanism for accomplishing this revolves around increasing fracture propagation pressure by actively manipulating thermal wellbore stresses.