Method to optimize perforations for hydraulic fracturing in anisotropic earth formations
US9376902B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/46
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The subject disclosure relates to determining an optimum orientation for perforations around the circumference of a subsurface borehole and optimum wellbore fluid initiation pressure for hydraulic fracturing in anisotropic formations.
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