PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING FRACTURE NETWORK AND HYDROCARBON RECOVERY METHOD

Disclosed is a process for developing a fracture network in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation that is penetrated by a well pair comprising a first well and a second well. The process comprises injecting a stimulant fluid comprising a propping agent into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation from a longitu...

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Hauptverfasser:	GITTINS, SIMON D, BUZEA, RADU, ELLIOTT, CHRISTOPHER J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	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:	Disclosed is a process for developing a fracture network in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation that is penetrated by a well pair comprising a first well and a second well. The process comprises injecting a stimulant fluid comprising a propping agent into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation from a longitudinal wellbore section of at least one of the first well and the second well to form the fracture network, wherein the substantially-longitudinal wellbore section of the first well is: (a) laterally displaced from the substantially-longitudinal wellbore section of the second well, and (b) angularly offset from the substantially-longitudinal wellbore section of the second well. Alternative processes for developing fracture networks, based on different well configurations, are also disclosed. Methods of recovering hydrocarbons and processes for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from hydrocarbon-bearing formations are also disclosed.