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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2006
Applicant:

Mohamed Y. Soliman, Cypress, TX (US);

Inventor:

Mohamed Y. Soliman, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/114 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/114 (2013.01); E21B 49/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for inducing fractures in a subterranean formation and more particularly methods and apparatus to place a first fracture with a first orientation in a formation followed by a second fracture with a second angular orientation in the formation are disclosed. The first and second fractures are initiated at about a fracturing location. The initiation of the first fracture is characterized by a first orientation line. The first fracture temporarily alters a stress field in the subterranean formation. The initiation of the second fracture is characterized by a second orientation line. The first orientation line and the second orientation line have an angular disposition to each other.


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