# US 12,601,246 B2 · Method and application of acidizing fracturing in carbonate formations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,601,246 B2 - Document ID: US12601246B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/980,602 - Filed: 2024-12-13 - Published: 2025-07-10 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2024-01-08 - Assignees: China University of Petroleum-Beijing - Applicants: China University of Petroleum (Beijing) - Inventors: Zhou Zhou; Yan Jin; Mian Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601246B2 ## CPC - E21B 43/27: by use of eroding chemicals, e.g. acids - E21B 43/26: by forming crevices or fractures - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract The invention relates to the field of reservoir stimulation in oil and gas formations, and discloses an acidizing fracturing method for carbonate formations and application of the acidizing fracturing method, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (1) designing artificial fractures according to a target location in the fracture-vug formation and a wellbore structure after well completion, and apply of drilling-fracturing integration tool to drill inside rock as the artificial fractures; (2) sealing the artificial fractures with open hole packer and then fracturing it to create fracture network I; (3) injecting acid for acidizing fracturing treatment on the fracture network I to create fracture network II. The invention can artificially control the direction and the length of propagation of the artificial fracture to create complicated fracture network to connect more hydrocarbon reservoirs in fracture-vug formations. This can provide an efficient and reliable stimulation application to save time and cost. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of acidizing fracturing in carbonate formations, including following steps: (1) designing a propagation direction and a propagation length of an artificial fracture according to a target location in a fracture-vug formation and a wellbore structure after well completion, tripping a drilling-fracturing integrated tool in a wellbore, and creating the artificial fracture through drilling in the wellbore with a designed initiation location and a designed propagation azimuth; along a direction of entering the wellbore, the drilling-fracturing integrated tool is from bottom to top in proper order and comprises: a PDC bit, a downhole motor, a flexible drilling tool, an open hole packer and a combined acidizing tubing; along the direction of entering the wellbore, the flexible drilling tool in the drilling-fracturing integrated tool sequentially comprises a measuring short section, a weighted drill pipe short section and a common drill pipe short section from bottom to top; (2) sealing the artificial fracture by using the open hole packer, and injecting fracturing fluid into the artificial fracture to increase pressure until initiation to create fracture network I; and (3) injecting acid for acidizing fracturing treatment on the fracture network I to create fracture network II. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in step (1), the PDC bit has an outer diameter of 152 mm to 171.4 mm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (1), the downhole motor has an outer diameter of 127 mm to 139.7 mm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (1), the combined acidizing tubing is a drilling and acidizing integrated tubing, and elastic stabilizers are connected on to the combined acidizing tubing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (1), the method further comprises: firstly, a retrievable whip stock is tripped into the wellbore according to the wellbore structure, a depth and an orientation of the whip stock in the wellbore are determined according to the designed initiation location and the propagation direction of the artificial fracture, and then the drilling-fracturing integrated tool is tripped in to created artificial fracture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (2), the pressure increases to initiate the fracture network I so that the number of fractures in fracture network I is ≥3. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in step (1), the downhole motor has an outer diameter of 127 mm to 139.7 mm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein in step (1), the combined acidizing tubing is a drilling and acidizing integrated tubing, and elastic stabilizers are connected on to the combined acidizing tubing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein in step (1), the method further comprises: firstly, a retrievable whip stock is tripped into the wellbore according to the wellbore structure, a depth and an orientation of the whip stock in the wellbore are determined according to the designed initiation location and the propagation direction of the artificial fracture, and then the drilling-fracturing integrated tool is tripped in to created artificial fracture. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in step (1), the combined acidizing tubing is a drilling and acidizing integrated tubing, and elastic stabilizers are connected on to the combined acidizing tubing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in step (1), the method further comprises: firstly, a retrievable whip stock is tripped into the wellbore according to the wellbore structure, a depth and an orientation of the whip stock in the wellbore are determined according to the designed initiation location and the propagation direction of the artificial fracture, and then the drilling-fracturing integrated tool is tripped in to created artificial fracture. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in step (2), the pressure increases to initiate the fracture network I so that the number of fractures in fracture network I is ≥3. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein in the step (3), an osmotic flow of acid in porous media of formations by alternately injecting with the acid and the fracturing fluid. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein in step (3), a number of the alternating injections is 3 to 5. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (3), an osmotic flow of acid in porous media of formations by alternately injecting with the acid and the fracturing fluid. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A process for oil and gas field exploitation, comprising the method of claim 1.