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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventor:
Peter T. Wu, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 3/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/024 (2013.01); E21B 47/02216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for drilling a wellbore includes drilling a well along a path substantially along a bedding direction of a selected subsurface formation having at least one substantially vertical fracture therein. A direction of the at least one substantially vertical fracture is determined with respect to a direction of the prior to drilling therethrough. A direction of the path is adjusted so that the well will intersect the at least one substantially vertical fracture substantially perpendicularly to the direction.