Patents Represented by Attorney Henry L. Ehrilich
  • Patent number: 3987850
    Abstract: This specification discloses a method of completing a well that penetrates a subterranean formation. The formation is vertically fractured and a lower portion of the fracture is propped by hydraulic fracturing techniques leaving an overlying unpropped portion of the fracture. The well is treated to block the communication of the unpropped portion of the fracture with the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: John L. Fitch