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- Patent Title: Methods of extracting hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation, and methods of treating a hydrocarbon material within a subterranean formation
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Application No.: US14088339Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US10060237B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Oleg A. Mazyar , Oleksandr V. Kuznetsov , Gaurav Agrawal , Michael H. Johnson , Valery N. Khabashesku
- Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: TraksBritt
- Main IPC: E21B36/04
- IPC: E21B36/04 ; E21B43/24 ; C09K8/524 ; C09K8/536 ; C09K8/592 ; C09K8/92

Abstract:
A method of extracting hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation comprises forming a suspension comprising reactive particles and a carrier fluid. The suspension is introduced into a subterranean formation containing a hydrocarbon material. At least a portion of the reactive particles are exothermically reacted with at least one other material within the subterranean formation to form a treated hydrocarbon material from the hydrocarbon material. The treated hydrocarbon material is extracted from the subterranean formation. An additional method of extracting hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation, and a method of treating a hydrocarbon material within a subterranean formation are also described.
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