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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicant:
Joseph A. Zupanick, Pineville, WV (US);
Inventor:
Joseph A. Zupanick, Pineville, WV (US);
Assignee:
Vitruvian Exploration, LLC, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved method and system for accessing subterranean deposits from the surface that substantially eliminates or reduces the disadvantages and problems associated with previous systems and methods. In particular, the present invention provides an articulated well with a drainage pattern that intersects a horizontal cavity well. The drainage patterns provide access to a large subterranean area from the surface while the vertical cavity well allows entrained water, hydrocarbons, and other deposits to be efficiently removed and/or produced.