Low pressure fluid injection for recovering hydrocarbon material from low permeability formations
Abstract:
A process for producing hydrocarbon material from a subterranean formation comprising: injecting a first conditioning material, via a wellbore, to effect fracturing of a subterranean formation such that a hydraulically fractured formation, including an induced fracture, is obtained; after the fracturing, injecting post-fracturing conditioning material, via the wellbore, into hydraulically fractured formation; and after the injecting of the post-fracturing conditioning material, producing, via the wellbore, hydrocarbon material from the hydraulically fractured formation; wherein: the pressure of the post-fracturing conditioning material is less than the pressure of the injected fracturing fluid; and the post-fracturing conditioning material includes proppant.
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