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Title: Hydraulic fracturing system and method

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1453806

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.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC26-07NT42677
Assignee:
GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (Des Plaines, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,982,523
Application Number:
15/464,939
OSTI ID:
1453806
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017 Mar 21
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (13)

Fracturing Process with Superimposed Cyclic Pressure patent December 1959
Use of Pulsating Pressures for Increasing the Permeability of Underground Structures patent August 1962
Pressure Pulse Hydraulic Fracturing for Subsurface Formations patent August 1971
Hydraulic fracturing process using reverse flow patent January 1976
Hydraulic fracturing method for creating horizontal fractures patent June 1976
Generating multiple hydraulic fractures in earth formations for waste disposal patent July 1996
Hydraulic fracturing system and method patent February 2017
Method of Treating Oil and Gas Wells patent-application October 2005
Equipment for Quick Dispersion of Polyacrylamide Powder for Fracturing Operations patent-application August 2012
Method of Increasing the Permeability of a Subterranean Formation by Creating a Multiple Fracture Network patent-application January 2014
Well Treatment Methods and Systems patent-application March 2014
Fracturing Systems and Methods for a Wellbore patent-application September 2014
Well Service Pump System patent-application July 2015

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