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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Brian Alan Evans, Houston, TX (US);
Philip D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions for enhancing wellbores and propped fractures for use in geothermal operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: drilling with a drilling composition at least a portion of a first wellbore, wherein the drilling composition comprises a base fluid, a resin, and a thermally conductive filler; introducing a fracturing fluid into the first wellbore at a first pressure sufficient to create at least a first set of fractures extending from and in fluid communication with the first wellbore; and introducing a first plurality of proppant particulates into at least the first set of fractures, wherein a second wellbore penetrates at least a second portion of the subterranean formation, and wherein a second set of fractures extends from and is in fluid communication with the second wellbore into the subterranean formation, and the first set of fractures is in fluid communication with the second set of fractures.