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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 28, 2024
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Joseph C. Becerril, Houston, TX (US);
P. Matthew Spiecker, Manvel, TX (US);
Robert M. Shirley, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Xiao Jin, Kingwood, TX (US);
Timothy G. Benish, Spring, TX (US);
Kendal K. Decker, Spring, TX (US);
Chu-Shu Kao, Tomball, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic fracturing process comprises, during a time interval T, pumping a first fracturing fluid comprising first coke proppant particles into a subterranean formation, such that a first weight of the first coke proppant particles, WCP, is pumped into the subterranean formation. The process also comprises, during a time interval Tthat occurs before or after T, pumping a second fracturing fluid differing from the first fracturing fluid and comprising non-coke proppant particles and optionally second coke proppant particles into the subterranean formation, such that a second weight of the second coke proppant particles, if any, WCP, is pumped into the subterranean formation, where WCP/WCP≥1.2.