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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Kruspe, Wietzendorf, DE;
Rocco DiFoggio, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
BJ SERVICES, LLC, Tomball, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
A well stimulation method includes using a well formation containing fractures and placing proppant in the fractures. A plurality of individual particles of the proppant includes a core containing a swellable material. The method includes swelling the core and increasing a size of the fractures using the swelling core. A proppant particle includes a core containing a swellable material and a dissolvable layer encapsulating the core.