Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for multi-zone fracture stimulation of a well
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Application No.: US14796807Application Date: 2015-07-10
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Publication No.: US10053968B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Randy C. Tolman , Pavlin B. Entchev , Timothy I. Morrow
- Applicant: Randy C. Tolman , Pavlin B. Entchev , Timothy I. Morrow
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company—Law Department
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; E21B43/116 ; E21B43/267 ; E21B43/119 ; E21B33/124 ; E21B33/138 ; E21B43/117

Abstract:
A completion assembly designed to perforate a section of casing along a wellbore, comprises a perforating gun, a canister, and a locator device. The canister contains ball sealers that are dimensioned to seal perforations, while the locator device is a casing collar locator that senses the location of the assembly within the wellbore based on the spacing of casing collars. The completion assembly also includes an on-board controller configured to send an actuation signal to the perforating gun to cause one or more detonators to fire when the locator has recognized a selected location of the completion assembly, thereby perforating the casing, and to release the ball sealers from the canister. Methods for seamlessly perforating and fracturing multiple zones along a wellbore are also provided, using a select-fire perforating gun.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160040520A1 METHODS FOR MULTI-ZONE FRACTURE STIMULATION OF A WELL Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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