Hydraulic fracturing system and method
A hydraulic fracturing system and method for enhancing effective permeability of earth formations to increase hydrocarbon production, enhance operation efficiency by reducing fluid entry friction due to tortuosity and perforation, and to open perforations that are either unopened or not effective using traditional techniques, by varying a pump rate and/or a flow rate to a wellbore.
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- OSTI Identifier:
- 1453806
- Assignee:
- GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (Des Plaines, IL) NETL
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,982,523
- Application Number:
- 15/464,939
- Contract Number:
- AC26-07NT42677
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2017 Mar 21
- Research Org:
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 58 GEOSCIENCES
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