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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Tom Olsen, Parker, CO (US);
Tom R. Bratton, Littleton, CO (US);
Tom Olsen, Parker, CO (US);
Tom R. Bratton, Littleton, CO (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A technique involves facilitating fracturing operations along a wellbore extending through a subterranean formation. A stress device is deployed in a wellbore and activated to engage a surrounding wall. The stress device can then be manipulated to create a reduced stress region in the formation at a desired location along the wellbore. The reduced stress region facilitates the controlled formation of a fracture in the formation at the desired location. Furthermore, the stress device can be moved and the process repeated at multiple locations along the wellbore.