US 11,999,904 B2
Reactive hydraulic fracturing fluid
Katherine Leigh Hull, Houston, TX (US); Rajesh Kumar Saini, Cypress, TX (US); Younane N. Abousleiman, Norman, OK (US); and Desmond Schipper, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,107.
Application 17/707,107 is a continuation of application No. 16/731,574, filed on Dec. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,339,321.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220366 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/64 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/68 (2013.01) [C09K 8/64 (2013.01); C09K 8/703 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. 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 and is a continuous phase of the hydraulic fracturing fluid, wherein the water is less than 50 vol % of the hydraulic fracturing fluid, wherein a reactive gas that is an oxidizer is in the non-aqueous phase;
hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation with the hydraulic fracturing fluid; and
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.