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US 2021/0198558 A1Published application
Reactive Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsKatherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Younane N. Abousleiman, Desmond Schipper
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Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing fluids and methods to hydraulically fracture a subterranean formation and oxidize organic material in the subterranean formation. The hydraulic fracturing fluid includes water, another fluid, and a surfactant. An inorganic oxidizer is included in the water.
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A method of hydraulic fracturing, comprising:
- providing a hydraulic fracturing fluid through a wellbore into a subterranean formation, the hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising water, a nonpolar fluid, and a surfactant, wherein the hydraulic fracturing fluid comprises an inorganic oxidizer in the water;
- hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation with the hydraulic fracturing fluid;
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- oxidizing organic material in the subterranean formation with the hydraulic fracturing fluid.
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A method of hydraulic fracturing, comprising:
- providing a hydraulic fracturing fluid through a wellbore into a subterranean formation, the hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase, the aqueous phase comprising water and an inorganic oxidizer in the water;
- hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation with the hydraulic fracturing fluid;
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- oxidizing organic material in the subterranean formation with the hydraulic fracturing fluid, wherein oxidizing the organic material comprises degrading the organic material, and wherein the organic material comprises kerogen.
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