ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,200, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY (Chengdu, China).
"Methods for controlling fracture height in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs under multi-bedding interference" was invented by Xiyu Chen (Chengdu, China), Jingze Li (Chengdu, China), Yongming Li (Chengdu, China), Haiyang Tang (Chengdu, China), Jinzhou Zhao (Chengdu, China) and Yanlin Lu (Chengdu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a fracture height in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs under multi-bedding interference is provided. The method includes: obtaining geological parameters of a target horizontal well, ...