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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1993
A Wadood El-Rabaa, Plano, TX (US);
Jon E Olson, Dallas, TX (US);
Mobil Oil Corporation, Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
Method of hydraulic fracturing of a subterranean formation comprising drilling a deviated wellbore in a direction parallel to a desired fracture direction, and supplying fracturing fluid through the wellbore to the formation. The average net pressure on the fluid is maximized in a fracture formed in the formation by pumping the fracturing fluid at a maximum rate, and by using a high viscosity fracturing fluid. Maximization of the average net pressure acts to extend the fracture in a direction parallel to the direction of the wellbore. The amount of the extension of the fracture is a function of the ratio of the average net pressure to the horizontal stress difference, whereby the higher the ratio, the greater the amount of the extension.