Hydraulic fracturing in kerogen-rich unconventional formations

HAN Yanhui, L Li, G Muntasheri… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for treating a geologic formation that includes providing a hydraulic fracture model,
providing a first value representative of a volume of kerogen breaker in a fracturing fluid …

Oxidizing gasses for carbon dioxide-based fracturing fluids

D Schipper, KL Hull, RK Saini… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Unconventional hydrocarbon source rock reservoirs can contain the organic material
kerogen, intertwined with the rock matrix. The kerogen can alter the tensile strength of the …

Synthetic source rocks

MH Haque, YN Abousleiman, KL Hull… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for fabricating synthetic source rocks with organic materials, for
example, using high energy resonant acoustic mixing technology, are provided. An example …

Viscoelastic-surfactant fracturing fluids having oxidizer

KL Hull, RK Saini, D Schipper, BK Crane - US Patent 11,390,796, 2022 - Google Patents
A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid
having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological …

System and method for determining retained hydrocarbon fluid

T Barwise, MJ Osborne - US Patent 10,012,764, 2018 - Google Patents
A computer-implemented method for determining an amount of hydrocarbon fluid present in
a rock of a hydrocarbon-producing reservoir is provided. The rock comprises organic matter …

Determining effect of oxidative hydraulic fracturing

KL Hull, YN Abousleiman, D Phan… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Estimating permeability enhancement of a subterranean formation due to presence of an
oxidizer in a fracturing fluid, including determining kerogen volume percent in the sub …

System and method for automatic local grid refinement in reservoir simulation systems

S Gorell, A Kumar - US Patent 9,753,181, 2017 - Google Patents
A system and method of automatic local grid refinements in reservoir simulation systems is
described. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method is directed to a computer-implemented …

Determination of depositional environments

M Soua, D Jacobi, JAE Gonzalez - US Patent 11,549,894, 2023 - Google Patents
Methods are provided for determining a depositional envi ronment of a sample of a
subterranean environment. An example method includes measuring intensities for a crys …

Viscoelastic-surfactant treatment fluids having oxidizer

KL Hull, RK Saini, BK Crane, AJ Cairns - US Patent 11,352,548, 2022 - Google Patents
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Ceramic-coated proppant

MH Haque, RK Saini - US Patent 11,578,263, 2023 - Google Patents
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