Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low pressure fluid injection for recovering hydrocarbon material from low permeability formations
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Application No.: US15978343Application Date: 2018-05-14
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Publication No.: US10648313B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Roberto Aguilera , Karthik Selvan
- Applicant: NEXEN ENERGY ULC
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: CNOOC PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA ULC
- Current Assignee: CNOOC PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA ULC
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/16
- IPC: E21B43/16 ; E21B43/26 ; E21B43/267

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180328158A1 LOW PRESSURE FLUID INJECTION FOR RECOVERING HYDROCARBON MATERIAL FROM LOW PERMEABILITY FORMATIONS Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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