Opinion ID: 4520975
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Heading: A well treatment method for treating a for-

Text: mation around a wellbore, the formation having a fracturing pressure, comprising: (a) transporting a degradable thermoplastic polymer in a solid bulk form down the wellbore; (b) displacing a polymer-continuous liquid phase comprising the degradable thermoplastic polymer from the wellbore into the formation at a pressure greater than the fracturing pressure of the for- mation. ... 24. A method for hydraulic fracturing of a for- mation penetrated by a wellbore, comprising: (a) forming a slurry comprising a degradable thermoplastic polymer in a solid form in a carrier fluid and placing the slurry in the wellbore; (b) with a displacement fluid having a selected specific gravity, displacing the slurry down the wellbore to a selected location in the wellbore; (c) converting the slurry to a continuous liquid phase having a specific gravity and comprising the carrier fluid dispersed in the degradable polymer at the selected location in the wellbore; and (d) applying pressure to the displacement fluid, the selected specific gravity of the displacement fluid being less than the specific gravity of the continuous liquid phase, to inject the continuous liquid phase into the formation to form a hydraulic frac- ture. Case: 19-1079 Document: 71 Page: 5 Filed: 03/31/2020 ENERPOL, LLC v. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP. 5 Id. at col. 15 ll. 51–60, col. 17 l. 1–col. 18 l. 7 (emphases added).