Producing hydrocarbons from a formation
US10458215B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B47/00
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
A method for drilling a wellbore in the formation, wherein the wellbore is approximately horizontal; forming two or more fractures in the formation from the wellbore; receiving fracture performance data about the two or more fractures; analyzing the fracture performance data; selecting one or more fractures for injection and selecting one or more fractures for production based on the analysis of the fracture performance data; and completing the wellbore such that injection into the one or more fractures selected for injection and production from the one or more fractures selected for production may occur simultaneously.
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