Methods of improving hydraulic fracture network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9920607
APP PUB NO 20130341030A1
SERIAL NO

13927304

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The complexity of a fracture network may be enhanced during a hydraulic fracturing operation by monitoring operational parameters of the fracturing job and altering stress conditions in the well in response to the monitoring of the operational parameters. The operational parameters monitored may include the injection rate of the pumped fluid, the density of the pumped fluid or the bottomhole pressure of the well after the fluid is pumped. The method provides an increase to the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV).

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BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD ROAD HOUSTON TX 77073

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Bell, Charles Elmer Rockwall, US 7 126
Brannon, Harold Dean Magnolia, US 58 1866
Gonzalez, Angel F Houston, US 4 66
Gottschling, John Canonsburg, US 4 191
Gupta, D V Satyanarayana The Woodlands, US 110 1341
Huff, Curtis David Edmond, US 2 63
Lemons, Jimie Devon Houston, US 7 181
Nelson, Scott Gregory Edmond, US 18 298
Royce, Tom N San Antonio, US 3 74
Starks,, II Thomas Ray Spring, US 5 120

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