METHOD OF INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION BY CREATING A MULTIPLE FRACTURE NETWORK - Patent 2836676

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EP 2 836 676 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.01.2014

(43)	Date of publication:
	18.02.2015 Bulletin 2015/08

(21)	Application number: 13775769.6

(22)	Date of filing: 11.04.2013

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E21B 43/26^(2006.01)

E21B 43/16^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2013/036176

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2013/155307 (17.10.2013 Gazette 2013/42)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

12.04.2012 US 201261623515 P

(71)	Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
	Houston, TX 77019 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CREWS, James Willis, TX 77318 (US) HUANG, Tianping Spring, TX 77388 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mabey, Katherine Frances
	Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)

(54)	METHOD OF INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION BY CREATING A MULTIPLE FRACTURE NETWORK