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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Mainfraim Industries Llc, Corrales, NM (US);
Inventors:
Michael Fraim, Corrales, NM (US);
Jean-Marc Grindatto, Corrales, NM (US);
John Ely, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/0224 (2012.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/0224 (2020.05); G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1234 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for fracking a well to reorient vertical fractures into horizontal fractures throughout a target reservoir, including target reservoirs having multiple thin heterogeneous target production zones. The method involves sequentially fracking and injecting proppant at periodic vertical intervals, while monitoring in real time, at least until a dip of an adjacent hydraulic fracture has rotated to a horizontal orientation.