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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald E Himes, Duncan, OK (US);
E Dwyann Dalrymple, Duncan, OK (US);
Jeffrey A Dahl, Duncan, OK (US);
Bruce D Thomas, Duncan, OK (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Company, Duncan, OK (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21B / ; F21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166280 ; 166281 ; 166283 ; 166309 ;
Abstract
A method of stimulating a subterranean formation using a foamed cement composition. When hardened, the cement composition has a permeability of at least about 0.3 darcies. The inventive formation stimulation method comprises the steps of: (a) injecting the foamed cement composition into the formation at a pressure sufficient to fracture the formation and (b) allowing the cement composition to harden in the formation.