HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WHILE DRILLING AND/OR TRIPPING

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20160053597A1
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14466705

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Methods and apparatuses for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean wellbore while drilling and/or tripping are disclosed. A method for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation may include rotating a drill string to drill the wellbore and hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation at a plurality of axially spaced locations along the wellbore while tripping the drill string out of the wellbore. The drill string may include a hydraulic fracturing assembly. The hydraulic fracturing operation may include translating the drill string in an uphole direction so that a set of frac ports in the hydraulic fracturing assembly is adjacent a region of the formation selected for fracturing, expanding at least one pair of packers to seal an annular region of the wellbore exterior to the frac ports, and pumping fracturing fluid downhole through the frac ports to hydraulically fracture the subterranean formation.

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SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC16740 HARDY STREET HOUSTON TX 77032

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Brown, James Ernest Sugar Land, US 12 180
Cooper, Iain M Sugar Land, US 5 87
Miller, Matthew J Katy, US 80 2467
Potapenko, Dmitriy Ivanovich Sugar Land, US 24 242
Utter, Robert J Sugar Land, US 3 41

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