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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Lawrence A. Behrmann, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph A. Ayoub, Katy, TX (US);
Ian Walton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Adinathan Venkitaraman, Houston, TX (US);
Frank F. Chang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Lawrence A. Behrmann, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph A. Ayoub, Katy, TX (US);
Ian Walton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Adinathan Venkitaraman, Houston, TX (US);
Frank F. Chang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving reservoir communication includes, in one arrangement, causing creation of tunnels in surrounding formation of a well interval, and applying treatment fluid to the tunnels. A local transient underbalance condition is created in the well interval after creation of the tunnels in the formation and application of the treatment fluids.