Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wellbore assembly for injecting a fluid into a subsurface formation, and method of injecting fluids into a subsurface formation
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Application No.: US14388633Application Date: 2013-04-15
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Publication No.: US09605517B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Scott R. Buechler
- Applicant: Scott R. Buechler
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2013/036622 WO 20130415
- International Announcement: WO2013/184237 WO 20131212
- Main IPC: E21B43/00
- IPC: E21B43/00 ; E21B43/16 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B17/00 ; E21B23/06 ; E21B33/124 ; E21B33/128 ; E21B34/08 ; E21B43/14 ; E21B44/00 ; E21B47/06 ; E21B47/12

Abstract:
Wellbore assembly for injecting fluid into a subsurface formation having multiple intervals comprising a plurality of packers having bypass channels at desired locations between the respective intervals. The assembly allows fluid to be injected down a tubing string, back up an annular region, and through the series of packers to impart incremental pressure drops along the intervals. The assembly enhances pressure support by allowing the operator to optimize wellbore injection along intervals having different formation characteristics.
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