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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Ian C. Walton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John W. Still, Richmond, TX (US);
Alfredo Fayard, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Woodburn, Marnes-la-Coquette, FR;
Inventors:
Ian C. Walton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John W. Still, Richmond, TX (US);
Alfredo Fayard, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Woodburn, Marnes-la-Coquette, FR;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/263 (2006.01); E21B 43/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for creating fractures in a geological formation surrounding a well bore. In one implementation, a treatment material may be disposed at the bottom of the well bore. One or more propellant apparatuses may be immersed in the treatment material and a propellant may then be burned inside a first propellant apparatus to create fractures in the geological formation.