Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fracturing a stress-altered subterranean formation
- Patent Title (中): 压裂改变的地下岩层
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Application No.: US12715226Application Date: 2010-03-01
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Publication No.: US08210257B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Ronald Glen Dusterhoft , Loyd Eddie East , Mohamed Y. Soliman
- Applicant: Ronald Glen Dusterhoft , Loyd Eddie East , Mohamed Y. Soliman
- Applicant Address: US OK Duncan
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Duncan
- Agency: Fish & Richardson, P.C.
- Agent Robert A. Kent
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; E21B47/12 ; E21B49/00

Abstract:
A well bore in a subterranean formation includes a signaling subsystem communicably coupled to injection tools installed in the well bore. Each injection tool controls a flow of fluid into an interval of the formation based on a state of the injection tool. Stresses in the subterranean formation are altered by creating fractures in the formation. Control signals are sent from the well bore surface through the signaling subsystem to the injection tools to modify the states of one or more of the injection tools. Fluid is injected into the stress-altered subterranean formation through the injection tools to create a fracture network in the subterranean formation. In some implementations, the state of each injection tool can be selectively and repeatedly manipulated based on signals transmitted from the well bore surface. In some implementations, stresses are modified and/or the fracture network is created along a substantial portion and/or the entire length of a horizontal well bore.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110209868A1 FRACTURING A STRESS-ALTERED SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION Public/Granted day:2011-09-01
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