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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Nebojsa Kostic, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Bivens, Littleton, CO (US);
Loyd E. East, Jr., Telephone, TX (US);
Ronald G. Dusterhoft, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C09K 8/68 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 43/114 (2006.01); E21B 43/116 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2013.01); C09K 8/68 (2013.01); C09K 8/685 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); E21B 43/114 (2013.01); E21B 43/116 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fracturing a formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method includes fracturing the formation by increasing an annulus pressure in the wellbore above a fracture initiation pressure. The method also includes decreasing the annulus pressure below a fracture closure pressure, and re-fracturing the formation by increasing the annulus pressure in the wellbore above the fracture initiation pressure.