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Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015

Filed:

May. 24, 2011
Applicants:

Richard Yingqing Xu, Tomball, TX (US);

Steve Rosenblatt, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Richard Yingqing Xu, Tomball, TX (US);

Steve Rosenblatt, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/18 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 41/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fracturing jet nozzle assembly features a series of angles nozzles on a rotatably mounted plate that operates in conjunction with a central nozzle or nozzles. The slanted nozzles are aimed into the perforation where the central nozzle is aimed directly so that the rotation of the nozzle plate from the slanted nozzles results in cyclic impacts in the perforation from where the fractures will propagate. The cyclic loading results in greater fracture formation and propagation. In another variation, relatively movable plates employing slanted nozzles rotate one plate with respect to another to get the effect of cyclic pulses of jetting fluid impingement in the perforation to enhance formation and propagation of fractures from the perforation.


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