Propped fracture with high effective surface area
US7165613B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 5, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S507/934
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Propped fractures in formations from which fluids are produced are described that have wormholes extending out into the formations from the faces of the fractures at locations distant from boreholes. Methods are given for creating such propped fractures having wormholes in which either a closed propped fracture is formed and then the wormholes are formed, or the entire fracture and channel system is formed before the closure occurs.
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