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Apparatus and method of magnetic well stimulation

US5465789A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1994
Grant dateNov 14, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B43/2401
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method and apparatus for subjecting subterranean, fluid-bearing formations to magnetic flux forces. Magnetically susceptible fluids and magnetically susceptible particles are extracted from a subterranean well having a shaft or tube extending from the surface into a fluid containing formation and with an elongated rod within the shaft or tube.

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