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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1993
Ian D Palmer, Tulsa, OK (US);
Dan Yee, Tulsa, OK (US);
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for improving the recovery of methane from a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of introducing a first fluid into the formation which sorbs to the formation, allowing at least a portion of the first fluid to sorb to the formation, introducing a chemically different second fluid into the formation at a pressure higher than the parting pressure of the formation, relieving pressure within the formation to produce shear failure within the formation, and repeating the introduction of second fluid and the relieving of pressure until a desired permeability of the formation is obtained.