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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 7/18 (2006.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 37/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 7/18 (2013.01); E21B 36/001 (2013.01); E21B 37/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/2405 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore in a tight formation with greater breakdown pressures, the method including using hydro-jetting to effect a plurality of oriented cavities or discoidal grooves in the horizontal portion of the wellbore to overcome near-wellbore stresses, injecting a thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore to alter the temperature of the formation and lower stresses, and then fracturing the formation to generate a series of fractures that can be formed in a planar formation.