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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred R Jennings, Jr, Plano, TX (US);
Malcolm K Strubhar, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, Fairfax, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166263 ; 166271 ; 166308 ;
Abstract
This specification discloses a method of hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation wherein two horizontally spaced-apart wells are provided and completed to communicate with the formation. Hydraulic fluid pressure is sequentially applied to create and propagate vertical fractures into the formation and to create a vertical fracture that communicates both wells. This specification further disclosed the creation of an enhanced fracture drainage pattern in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation and producing hydrocarbons from the formation via a single producing well.