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US 2006/0131025 A1Published application
Method and system for producing a reservoir through a boundary layer
OwnerDouglas Seamsinventor
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Abstract
A method for producing a reservoir includes drilling a well into a boundary layer that is hydraulically connected to the reservoir. Reservoir fluid migration from the reservoir to the boundary layer is accelerated and the reservoir fluid is produced through the well.
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A method for producing a reservoir, comprising:
- drilling a well into a boundary layer of the reservoir for the purpose of producing reservoir fluid from the reservoir, the boundary layer hydraulically connected to the reservoir;
- accelerating migration of reservoir fluid from the reservoir to the boundary layer;
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- producing through the well reservoir fluid.
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A system for producing a reservoir, comprising:
- a subsurface reservoir;
- a boundary layer hydraulically connected to the reservoir;
- a plurality of wells extending from a surface into the boundary layer, the boundary layer comprising a non-hydrocarbon layer;
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- a pumping system disposed in each well;
- a pressure sink generated at each well;
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- wherein reservoir fluid migrates from the reservoir to the boundary layer in response to at least the pressure sink.
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A method for producing coal bed methane (CBM) through a boundary layer, comprising:
- providing a plurality of wells extending from a surface into a boundary layer of a coal formation;
- the boundary layer hydraulically connected to the coal layer;
- removing fluids collected in the wells to cause accelerated migration of CBM from the coal layer to the boundary layer;
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- producing the CBM through the wells.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.