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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Effective Exploration, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Joseph A. Zupanick, Pineville, WV (US);
Assignee:
Efective Exploration, LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/00 (2006.01); E21B 10/32 (2006.01); E21F 7/00 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/026 (2006.01); B65G 5/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01); G01V 1/48 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01); E21B 43/38 (2006.01); E21B 43/40 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 10/322 (2013.01); E21F 7/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/006 (2013.01); E21B 2021/006 (2013.01); E21B 47/026 (2013.01); B65G 5/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/305 (2013.01); E21B 47/09 (2013.01); G01V 1/48 (2013.01); E21B 44/005 (2013.01); E21B 7/046 (2013.01); E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 43/38 (2013.01); E21B 43/40 (2013.01); E21B 41/0057 (2013.01); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01); E21B 43/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system for accessing a subterranean zone from the surface includes a well bore extending from the surface to the subterranean zone, and a well bore pattern connected to the junction and operable to drain fluid from a region of the subterranean zone to the junction.