Method for increasing product recovery in fractures proximate fracture treated wellbores

Abstract

A method of recovering product from a fracture below a surface, said method including:a. providing a first well that may be stimulated or has been stimulated at a first predetermined depth within a formation;b. stimulating said well resulting in at least one fracture in said formation; said fracture having at least one initiation point and at least one distal point; wherein said at least one initiation point is proximate said stimulated well and said at least one distal point is distant said stimulated well;c. providing at least one non-stimulated well, proximate said first well at a second predetermined depth in said formation and contacting said at least one distal point of said at least one fracture; said at least one non-stimulated well further including at least one access point to capture product from said at least one fracture in said formation;capturing said product from said fracture through said at least non-stimulated well, and recovering said captured product optionally at said surface.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates generally to the field of horizontal hydrocarbon exploration and development wells and field development methods. In particular, the invention relates to increasing product recovery, in particular hydrocarbon recovery from fractures proximate fractured wellbores, preferably hydraulic fractured wellbores, through subsurface rock formations. More specifically, the invention relates to a non-treated, preferably non-hydraulic fractured substantially deviated wellbore, wherein said non-treated substantially deviated wellbore is non-treated during product recovery, proximate a fracture treated, preferably a hydraulic fractured treated substantially deviated wellbore to allow for recovery of product, in particular hydrocarbons from fractures in said rock formations and methods for using same.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Commercial extraction of reservoir product, such as oil and / or gas or combinations thereof, from certain subsurface ro...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a method and system for diagnosing and monitoring the location and path of fractures in a formation. This can help improve the design of fractures to increase the efficiency of hydrocarbon fluid recovery. The method involves stimulating a wellbore and introducing a marker or tracer into the wellbore to enter the fractures. The marker or tracer is captured by a non-stimulated wellbore and mapped to identify the location of the fracture. This information can be used to improve fracture design and reduce costs associated with hydrocarbon fluid recovery.

Problems solved by technology

If wellbores are drilled too far apart, an increasingly large portion of the desired reservoir product is left behind in the reservoir, and in particular the fracture.

It is well documented in the oil and gas industry that each hydraulic fracture, while intersecting reservoir rock at great distances from the wellbore; does not effectively produce oil and gas from the entire length of the fracture.

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