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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Keng S. Chan, Kuala Lumpar, ML;
J. Ernest Brown, Katy, TX (US);
Arthur William Milne, Caracas, GB;
Brett Rimmer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Keng S. Chan, Kuala Lumpar, ML;
J. Ernest Brown, Katy, TX (US);
Arthur William Milne, Caracas, GB;
Brett Rimmer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
Propped fractures in formations from which fluids are produced are described that have wormholes extending out into the formations from the faces of the fractures at locations distant from boreholes. Methods are given for creating such propped fractures having wormholes in which either a closed propped fracture is formed and then the wormholes are formed, or the entire fracture and channel system is formed before the closure occurs.