System and method for re-fracturing multizone horizontal wellbores
Abstract
A packer on a tubing string and diverting material pumped down the tubing string may be used isolate a fracture cluster in a multizone horizontal wellbore that has been previously hydraulically fractured. Once hydraulically isolated, fluid may be pumped down the tubing string to re-fracture the previously fractured fracture cluster in an effort to increase hydrocarbon production from the horizontal wellbore. The tubing string may include a testing device used to determine whether a specific fracture cluster within the horizontal wellbore should be re-fractured. Diverting material may be pumped down the tubing string and positioned adjacent a fracture cluster to hydraulically isolate the fracture cluster during the re-fracturing process. The diverting material may be cleaned out of the horizontal wellbore after all desired fracture clusters along the horizontal wellbore have been individually re-fractured.
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20 members in 11 offices
Priority claims2
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201314091677 | United States of America | A | |
| 2014065532 | United States of America | W |
Members20
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US2015144347A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| CA2931186A1 | Canada | A1 | |
| WO2015080872A1 | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A1 | |
| AU2014355043A1 | Australia | A1 | |
| AR098562A1 | Argentina | A1 | |
| US9366124B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| CN105765162A | China | A | |
| MX2016006715A | Mexico | A | |
| EP3074592A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
| BR112016010923A2 | Brazil | A2 | |
| EP3074592A4 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A4 | |
| RU2016125305A | Russian Federation | A | |
| RU2016125305A3 | Russian Federation | A3 | |
| RU2663844C2 | Russian Federation | C2 | |
| CA2931186C | Canada | C | |
| CN105765162B | China | B | |
| MX373398BThis record | Mexico | B | |
| NZ719851A | New Zealand | A | |
| BR112016010923B1 | Brazil | B1 | |
| EP3074592B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 |
1 legal event, as the office reported them to INPADOC
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Numbers
- Publication
- 373398
- Application
- 6715
Titles2
- Spanish
- SISTEMA Y METODO PARA RE-FRACTURAR PERFORACIONES DE POZO HORIZONTALES DE MULTIZONAS.
- English
- SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RE-FRACTURING MULTIZONE HORIZONTAL WELLBORES
Classification
- CPC, 3
- E21B43/261
- E21B43/26
- E21B43/14
- IPC, 3
- E21B43 26
- E21B43 14
- E21B43 247