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Drainage of heavy oil reservoir via horizontal wellbore

US8122953B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

Travis W. Cavender · Angleton, US
Grant Hocking · Alpharetta, US
Roger L. Schultz · Newcastle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2011
Grant date	Feb 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B43/16
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Systems and methods for drainage of a heavy oil reservoir via a horizontal wellbore. A method of improving production of fluid from a subterranean formation includes the step of propagating a generally vertical inclusion into the formation from a generally horizontal wellbore intersecting the formation. The inclusion is propagated into a portion of the formation having a bulk modulus of less than approximately 750,000 psi. A well system includes a generally vertical inclusion propagated into a subterranean formation from a generally horizontal wellbore which intersects the formation. The formation comprises weakly cemented sediment.

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