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HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WITH EXOTHERMIC REACTION

  • US 20140262249A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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