Wells – Processes – Placing fluid into the formation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2010-06-22
Bomar, Shane (Department: 3676)
Wells
Processes
Placing fluid into the formation
C166S177500, C166S250100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07740072
ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, and apparatus for inducing fractures in a subterranean formation and more particularly methods and apparatus to place a first fracture with a first orientation in a formation followed by a second fracture with a second angular orientation in the formation are provided. First and second fractures are initiated at about a fracturing location. The initiation of the first fracture is characterized by a first orientation line. The first fracture temporarily alters a stress field in the subterranean formation. The initiation of the second fracture is characterized by a second orientation line. The first orientation line and the second orientation line have an angular disposition to each other.
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Bomar Shane
Halliburton Energy Service,s Inc.
Kent Robert A.
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