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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Mark Allen Parker, Lindale, TX (US);
Neil Joseph Modeland, Gladewater, TX (US);
Cam Le, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth Lee Borgen, Midland, TX (US);
Douglas Ray Scott, Midland, TX (US);
Mark Allen Parker, Lindale, TX (US);
Neil Joseph Modeland, Gladewater, TX (US);
Cam Le, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth Lee Borgen, Midland, TX (US);
Douglas Ray Scott, Midland, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for performing a downhole perforating and fracturing operation from a wellbore () positioned within a subterranean formation (). The method includes locating a perforating gun string () within the wellbore (), detonating a first perforating gun () to create a first discrete fracture initiation site () in the formation (), repositioning the perforating gun string () within the wellbore () and detonating a second perforating gun () to create a second discrete fracture initiation site () in the formation (). Thereafter, the method also includes pumping a fracture fluid into the wellbore () and propagating a single dominant planar fracture () from each of the discrete fracture initiation sites ().