HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WITH EXOTHERMIC REACTION
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1. A method of stimulating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore through a wellhead comprising fracturing the formation while introducing solids comprising thermite comprising a first metal and the oxide of a second metal into the fracture, and igniting the thermite to produce a thermite-affected region.
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Method of stimulating subterranean formations for are given in which a thermite is placed downhole and then ignited. The thermite may be ignited with a downhole tool, the fracture may be mapped, and the thermite-affected region of the formation may be reconnected to the surface after the thermite reaction through the original or a second wellbore.
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- 1. A method of stimulating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore through a wellhead comprising fracturing the formation while introducing solids comprising thermite comprising a first metal and the oxide of a second metal into the fracture, and igniting the thermite to produce a thermite-affected region.
- 15. A method of stimulating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore through a wellhead comprising fracturing the formation while introducing a multimodal blend of solids comprising thermite comprising a first metal and the oxide of a second metal into the fracture, and igniting the thermite to produce a thermite-affected region.
- 17. A stimulation composition comprising a carrier fluid and a multimodal blend of solids wherein the solids comprise thermite.
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