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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Applicant:
Roger W. Fincher, Conroe, TX (US);
Inventor:
Roger W. Fincher, Conroe, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/117 (2006.01); E21B 43/263 (2006.01); E21B 43/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/263 (2013.01); E21B 43/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fracturing an earth formation is disclosed. The method includes: isolating a section of a borehole in the earth formation; introducing a fluid into the isolated section and pressurizing the isolated section from a first pressure to a second pressure; introducing a stress concentration to a borehole wall at least one location in the isolated section when the fluid is at the selected pressure or during the pressurization; and initiating a hydraulic fracture in the earth formation at the at least one location.