Application of Endothermic Fluids to Lower the Breakdown Pressure of Unconventional Reservoirs: Implications for Hydraulic Fracturing

• Fahad Khan,
• Mohamed Mahmoud,
• Arshad Raza,
• Murtadha J. AlTammar,
• Shirish Patil,
• Mobeen Murtaza,
• Muhammad Shahzad Kamal

Affiliations

Fahad Khan

Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Mahmoud

Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Arshad Raza

Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Murtadha J. AlTammar

EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Shirish Patil

Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mobeen Murtaza

Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Shahzad Kamal

Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia