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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2024
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Lars Hovda, Tananger, NO;
Ole Jensen, Tananger, NO;
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/061 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Drilling a sidetrack in an open hole bore in a hydrocarbon reservoir of acid-soluble formation, e.g. carbonate formation, the creation of a sidetrack () in an open hole bore (for production of hydrocarbons from a carbonate rock formation (). Acid is delivered to the location () where a sidetrack is to be created; the acid dissolves away the formation and creates a trench () from which the sidetrack () may be drilled.