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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Dmitriy Potapenko, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Ernest Brown, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Mathieu Vandermolen, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/17 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/114 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01); E21B 43/11 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/305 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 43/114 (2013.01); E21B 43/17 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 33/14 (2013.01); E21B 43/11 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for drilling and fracturing a subterranean formation includes drilling a substantially horizontal pilot well from a previously drilled vertical pilot well. A plurality of substantially vertical sidetracks is drilled from the horizontal pilot well. Fracturing fluid is pumped into the plurality of vertical sidetracks to hydraulically fracture the subterranean formation.