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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Robert James Dombrowski, Houston, TX (US);

Ernesto Rafael Fonseca, Houston, TX (US);

John Michael Karanikas, Houston, TX (US);

Mauricio Jose Farinas Moya, Houston, TX (US);

Barbara Caterina Lamantia, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/17 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 43/168 (2013.01); E21B 43/17 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of producing hydrocarbons from a tight formation includes injecting a fluid, such as a miscible gas, and retrieving the hydrocarbons. The fluid may be injected into an injection fracture via and retrieved from a recovery fracture. The injection fracture and recovery fractures may be in the same wellbore, the injection fracture may be in a first wellbore and the recovery fracture in a second wellbore, or the injection fracture and recovery fracture may be in a first wellbore and additional injection or recovery fractures may be in a second wellbore.


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