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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
J Scott Moore, Ponca City, OK (US);
Assignee:
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166245 ; 166268 ;
Abstract
A method of producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation comprising penetrating the formation with a plurality of wells arranged in a pattern defining a series of regular pentagons with a well at the center of each pentagon, injecting a fluid into the formation by way of the wells at the centers of the pentagons whereby hydrocarbons contained in the formation are displaced from the center wells towards the wells defining the pentagons and producing the hydrocarbons by way of the wells defining the pentagons.