ROCK STRESS MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE

ROCK STRESS MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE

A technique involves facilitating fracturing operations along a wellbore (22) extending through a subterranean formation. A stress device (36) is deployed in a wellbore and activated to engage a surrounding wall (42). The stress device can then be manipulated to create a reduced stress region in the...

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Hauptverfasser: OLSEN, THOMAS N, BRATTON, TOM R
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
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EARTH DRILLING
EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
MINING
OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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Zusammenfassung:A technique involves facilitating fracturing operations along a wellbore (22) extending through a subterranean formation. A stress device (36) is deployed in a wellbore and activated to engage a surrounding wall (42). The stress device can then be manipulated to create a reduced stress region in the formation at a desired location along the wellbore. The reduced stress region facilitates the controlled formation of a fracture (34) in the formation at the desired location. Furthermore, the stress device can be moved and the process repeated at multiple locations along the wellbore.