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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:
Nov. 18, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence R Stowe, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166250 ; 166278 ; 166280 ; 166281 ; 1663051 ;
Abstract
A method for controlling fines or sand in an unconsolidated or loosely consolidated formation or reservoir containing hydrocarbonaceous fluids where said reservoir is penetrated by at least one wellbore. The method includes the utilization of hydraulic fracturing in combination with control of the critical salinity rate and the critical fluid flow velocity.