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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Jesus Manuel Felix Servin, Dhahran, SA;
Amr I. Abdel-Fattah, Dhahran, SA;
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/592 (2006.01); C09K 8/584 (2006.01); C09K 8/588 (2006.01); C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/88 (2006.01); C09K 8/94 (2006.01); E21B 28/00 (2006.01); E21B 37/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/592 (2013.01); C09K 8/584 (2013.01); C09K 8/588 (2013.01); C09K 8/604 (2013.01); C09K 8/885 (2013.01); C09K 8/94 (2013.01); E21B 28/00 (2013.01); E21B 37/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/25 (2013.01); C09K 2208/06 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes injecting an injection fluid through a well and to a depth of a formation, where the injection fluid includes phase-changing nanodroplets having a liquid core and a shell. The method also includes exposing the phase-changing nanodroplets to an external stimulus at the depth of the formation, wherein the liquid core of the phase-changing nanodroplets undergoes a liquid-to-vapor phase change causing the phase-changing nanodroplets to expand, and stimulating the formation at a near wellbore region by expansion of the phase-changing nanodroplets.