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US 2013/0199789 A1Published application
Method and System for Fracturing a Formation
OwnerYueming Liang, Michael S. Chelf +7inventors
InventorsYueming Liang, Michael S. Chelf, Brian R. Crawford, Bruce A. Dale, Elizabeth Land Templeton-Barrett, Peter Griffin Smith, JR., Kevin H. Searles, Marshall I. Sundberg, Xianyun Wu
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for fracturing a production formation. A method includes drilling a well into a zone proximate to a production formation, and increasing a volume of the zone through the well in order to apply a mechanical stress to the production formation.
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A method for fracturing a production formation, comprising:
- drilling a well into a zone proximate to a production formation;
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- increasing a volume of the zone through the well in order to apply a mechanical stress to the production formation.
A hydrocarbon production system, comprising:
- a hydrocarbon reservoir;
- a zone proximate to the hydrocarbon reservoir;
- a stimulation well drilled to the zone;
- a stimulation system configured to create a volumetric change in the zone through the stimulation well;
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- a production well drilled to the hydrocarbon reservoir.
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A method for harvesting hydrocarbons from a formation, comprising:
- drilling a production well in a production interval;
- drilling a stimulation well in a treatment interval;
- causing a volumetric change in the treatment interval through the stimulation well, wherein the volumetric change causes the formation of a fracture field in the production interval;
- completing the production well to place the production well in contact with the fracture field;
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- harvesting hydrocarbons from the production interval.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.