Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for the enhancement of injection activities and stimulation of oil and gas production
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Application No.: US15180614Application Date: 2016-06-13
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Publication No.: US09644460B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Matthew Robert George Bell , David S. Wesson , Nathan Garret Clark , John Thomas Hardesty
- Applicant: GEODynamics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Millsap
- Assignee: GEODynamics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GEODynamics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Millsap
- Agency: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP
- Agent David W. Carstens; Shaukat A. Karjeker
- Main IPC: E21B43/117
- IPC: E21B43/117 ; E21B43/263 ; E21B43/248 ; E21B37/00 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
By removing material of low permeability from within and around a perforation tunnel and creating at least one fracture at the tip of a perforation tunnel, injection parameters and effects such as outflow rate and, in the case of multiple perforation tunnels benefiting from such cleanup, distribution of injected fluids along a wellbore are enhanced. Following detonation of a charge carrier, a second explosive event is triggered within a freshly made tunnel, thereby substantially eliminating a crushed zone and improving the geometry and quality (and length) of the tunnel. In addition, this action creates substantially debris-free tunnels and relieves the residual stress cage, resulting in perforation tunnels that are highly conducive to injection under fracturing conditions for disposal and stimulation purposes, and that promote even coverage of injected fluids across the perforated interval.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160341018A1 Method for the Enhancement of Injection Activities and Stimulation of Oil and Gas Production Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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