Hydraulic fracturing methods utilizing fracturing fluids comprising coke proppant particles and low-base-viscosity carrier fluid

Abstract

A method comprises hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation by introducing a fracturing fluid comprising coke proppant particles and a carrier fluid into the formation, where the carrier fluid has a base viscosity of at most 0.8 centipoise (cP) at 25 degrees Celsius (° C.). A hydrocarbon well comprises a wellbore that extends within a formation, a production casing string that extends within the wellbore, perforation clusters formed within the production casing string, hydraulic fractures formed in the formation proximate to the perforation clusters, and a fracturing fluid comprising coke proppant particles and a carrier fluid within at least a portion of the hydraulic fractures, where the carrier fluid has a base viscosity of at most 0.8 cP at 25° C. Another method comprises providing a carrier fluid having a viscosity of at most 0.8 cP at 25° C. and forming a fracturing fluid comprising the carrier fluid and coke proppant particles.

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