CA2187644A1 - Method for fracturing and propping a subterranean formation - Google Patents

Method for fracturing and propping a subterranean formation

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CA2187644A1
CA2187644A1 CA002187644A CA2187644A CA2187644A1 CA 2187644 A1 CA2187644 A1 CA 2187644A1 CA 002187644 A CA002187644 A CA 002187644A CA 2187644 A CA2187644 A CA 2187644A CA 2187644 A1 CA2187644 A1 CA 2187644A1
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fracture interval
fracturing
fracturing fluid
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Lloyd Garner Jones
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/25—Methods for stimulating production
    • E21B43/26—Methods for stimulating production by forming crevices or fractures
    • E21B43/267—Methods for stimulating production by forming crevices or fractures reinforcing fractures by propping
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/04—Gravelling of wells
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/25—Methods for stimulating production
    • E21B43/26—Methods for stimulating production by forming crevices or fractures

Abstract

A method for fracturing and propping a thick and/or homogeneous fracture interval (12) of a subterranean formation which is traversed by a wellbore (11). A workstring (20) is lowered into the wellbore (11) and a fracturing fluid is flowed into either or both ends of the fracture interval annulus (33a) (i.e. that portion of the well annulus which lies adjacent the fracture interval) to initiate a fracture (A). The flow of fracturing fluid is continued into one end of the annulus (33a) while a slurry containing proppants is flowed into the other end of the fracture interval annulus (33a).
During flow of fracturing fluid and slurry into the annulus (33a), slurry and/or fracturing fluid is also delivered through alternative flowpaths (26) to different levels within said fracture interval (12).
This is continued until all of the levels or zones of the fracture interval (12) have been fractured and propped.
CA002187644A 1994-06-06 1995-06-01 Method for fracturing and propping a subterranean formation Expired - Lifetime CA2187644C (en)

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US08/254,623 US5417284A (en) 1994-06-06 1994-06-06 Method for fracturing and propping a formation
PCT/US1995/007026 WO1995033915A1 (en) 1994-06-06 1995-06-01 Method for fracturing and propping a subterranean formation

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