Abstract: This specification discloses a method of hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation wherein two horizontally spaced-apart wells are provided and completed to communicate with the formation. Hydraulic fluid pressure is sequentially applied to create and propagate vertical fractures into the formation and to create a vertical fracture that communicates both wells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 1992
Date of Patent:
March 22, 1994
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation
Inventors:
Alfred R. Jennings, Jr., Malcolm K. Strubhar
Abstract: This specification discloses a method of hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation wherein two horizontally spaced-apart wells are provided and completed to communicate with the formation. Hydraulic fluid pressure is sequentially applied to create and propagate vertical fractures into the formation and to create a vertical fracture that communicates both wells. This specification further disclosed the creation of an enhanced fracture drainage pattern in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation and producing hydrocarbons from the formation via a single producing well.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 1992
Date of Patent:
November 16, 1993
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation
Inventors:
Alfred R. Jennings, Jr., Malcolm K. Strubhar