Wells – Processes – With indicating – testing – measuring or locating
Patent
1994-04-20
1995-12-05
Novosad, Stephen J.
Wells
Processes
With indicating, testing, measuring or locating
166 50, 1661775, 166191, 166308, E21B 33124, E21B 4326, E21B 43267
Patent
active
054720494
ABSTRACT:
A method for fracturing formations near a shallow horizontal well notches a wellbore at orientations such that later applied hydraulic pressure generates fractures only in preferred directions.
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Chaffee Brent F.
Kelly Brian J.
Kirby Michael J.
Koepke Jeffery W.
Jacobson William O.
Novosad Stephen J.
Union Oil Company of California
Wirzbicki Gregory F.
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