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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Cole Alexander Benson, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/10 (2013.01); E21B 34/063 (2013.01); E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 2200/06 (2020.05);
Abstract
A method of fracturing a subterranean formation includes establishing a plurality of zones in a wellbore, fracturing and then isolating a first of the zones using a ball-activated sleeve such that proppant flow from the formation into the first zone is reduced, and fracturing and then isolating at least one other of the zones uphole of the first zone.