Technique tailors pressure pulse to zone

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Drill Bit; (United States)

OSTI ID:5871238

Seager, A

A new well stimulation technique that could prove to be a significant step forward in the technology of enhanced oil and gas recovery has been introduced. The technique called Tailored Pulse Fracturing (TPF), uses the tailored pulse loading of propellant charges to create multiple fractures extending in a radial pattern from the well bore into the reservoir being stimulated. The main advantage of TPF over other enhanced recovery techniques is its use in naturally fractured reservoirs, where the creation of multiple fractures should increase the probability of tying the natural fractures back into the reservoir. The technique currently is being tested in the San Andres area of SE. New Mexico, the Austin Chalk of Se. Texas, the Devonian Shale of West Virginia, the Bradford Sands of N. Pennsylvania, and the Trenton Limestone of W. Ohio.

• OSTI ID: 5871238
• Journal Information: Drill Bit; (United States), Vol. 31:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
OIL WELLS
FRACTURING
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
LIMESTONE
NATURAL GAS
NEW MEXICO
OHIO
PETROLEUM
PRESSURE EFFECTS
PROPELLANTS
SANDSTONES
TEXAS
WELL SERVICING
WELL STIMULATION
WEST VIRGINIA
CARBONATE ROCKS
COMMINUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION III
FEDERAL REGION V
FEDERAL REGION VI
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
NORTH AMERICA
RECOVERY
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
STIMULATION
USA
WELLS
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