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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dmitriy Ivanovich Potapenko, Sugar Land, TX (US);
William Batzer, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Utter, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Donald W. Lee, Houston, TX (US);
George Alan Waters, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Douglas Pipchuk, London, GB;
Ryan Rodgers, Houston, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A technique for providing a fluid conduit between a main bore and a substantially non-producing region of a fracture at a horizontal section of the bore. The technique includes forming a micro-tunnel from a location of the bore adjacent the fracture. The micro-tunnel may be directed at the non-producing region with a angled deflector or in a steerable manner. Additionally, the well may be configured with micro-tunneling at the outset or retrofitted with micro-tunnels as a manner of restoring production.