Abstract: A method of stimulating a subterranean formation using a foamed cement composition. When hardened, the cement composition has a permeability of at least about 0.3 darcies. The inventive formation stimulation method comprises the steps of: (a) injecting the foamed cement composition into the formation at a pressure sufficient to fracture the formation and (b) allowing the cement composition to harden in the formation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 1993
Date of Patent:
October 25, 1994
Assignee:
Halliburton Company
Inventors:
Ronald E. Himes, E. Dwyann Dalrymple, Jeffrey A. Dahl, Bruce D. Thomas