Patent ID: 8361934

Claim:
A method for fracture stimulation of a subterranean formation having a wellbore, comprising: injecting into the wellbore a slurry at sufficiently high rates and pressures such that said formation fails and fractures to accept said slurry; said slurry comprising a fluid and a proppant, wherein said proppant comprises a styrene-ethylvinylbenzene-divinylbenzene terpolymer composition having a substantially cured polymer network, wherein said composition lacks rigid fillers or nanofillers, and emplacing said proppant within the fracture network in a packed mass or a partial monolayer of said proppant within the fracture, which packed mass or partial monolayer props open the fracture; thereby allowing produced gases, fluids, or mixtures thereof, to flow towards the wellbore wherein said packed mass or partial monolayer of said proppant manifests a static conductivity of at least 100 mDft after 200 hours at temperatures greater than 80° F. and under a given compressive stress of at least 5000 psi.