Selective stimulation ports including sealing device retainers and methods of utilizing the same

A method of stimulating a hydrocarbon well, wherein the hydrocarbon well includes a wellbore tubular defining a tubular conduit and extending within a wellbore that extends within a subterranean formation, and further wherein a plurality of selective stimulation ports (SSPs) is spaced-apart along a length of the wellbore tubular, the method comprising:

• pressurizing the tubular conduit with a stimulant fluid;
• opening a selected SSP of the plurality of SSPs to permit fluid flow from the tubular conduit and into the subterranean formation via an SSP conduit of the selected SSP;
• flowing a first volume of the stimulant fluid into the subterranean formation via the SSP conduit to stimulate a first region of the subterranean formation;
• releasing a sealing device within the tubular conduit;
• receiving the sealing device within a sealing device receptacle of the selected SSP;
• retaining the sealing device within the sealing device receptacle with a sealing device retainer of the selected SSP;
• seating the sealing device on a sealing device seat of the selected SSP to resist a fluid outflow of the stimulant fluid from the tubular conduit into the subterranean formation via the SSP conduit;
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• repeating the pressurizing, the opening, the flowing, the releasing, the receiving, the retaining, and the seating a plurality of times, via the plurality of SSPs, to stimulate a plurality of subsequent regions of the subterranean formation;
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• thereafter unseating the sealing device from the seating on the sealing device seat to permit fluid inflow from the subterranean formation into the tubular conduit when the sealing device is retained within the sealing device receptacle and unseated from the sealing device seat.

A method of conveying a downhole tool within a hydrocarbon well, wherein the hydrocarbon well includes a wellbore tubular defining a tubular conduit and extending within a wellbore, and further wherein a plurality of selective stimulation ports (SSPs) are spaced-apart along a length of the wellbore tubular, the method comprising:

• restricting fluid flow through each SSP in the plurality of SSPs with a respective sealing device, wherein the restricting includes receiving the respective sealing device within a respective sealing device receptacle and on a respective sealing device seat of each SSP during a well completion operation;
• retaining the respective sealing device within the respective sealing device receptacle with a respective sealing device retainer of each SSP;
• establishing fluid communication between the subterranean formation and a downhole region of the tubular conduit;
• positioning the downhole tool within an uphole region of the tubular conduit;
• providing a conveyance fluid to the tubular conduit;
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• pumping the downhole tool in a downhole direction via flow of the conveyance fluid within the tubular conduit;
• and
• thereafter unseating the sealing device from the seating on the sealing device seat to permit fluid inflow from the subterranean formation into the tubular conduit when the sealing device is retained within the sealing device receptacle and unseated from the sealing device seat.