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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Murtadha J. AlTammar, Dhahran, SA;
Hassan Sakar Alqahtani, Dammam, SA;
Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili, Dammam, SA;
Katherine Leigh Hull, Houston, TX (US);
Younane N. Abousleiman, Norman, OK (US);
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A method of treating kerogen is provided. The method includes: generating a fracture network in a subterranean formation including kerogen by injecting a treatment fluid through a wellbore into the subterranean formation, the treatment fluid including water, an oxidant, and nanoparticles, the treatment fluid oxidizing a portion of the kerogen in the subterranean formation while generating the fracture network; and injecting carbon dioxide (CO) through the wellbore into the subterranean formation, the CO2 penetrating the subterranean formation through the facture network.