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Method for forming a fluid barrier by means of sloping drains, more especially in an oil field
Assignee: INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU
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Filing: 1984-12-20
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Granted: 1987-11-10
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Expires: 2004-12-20
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a method for injecting a fluid into a geological formation so as to form a barrier of said fluid along a predetermined surface having an elongate shape, the direction of elongation of this surface, or main direction, being distinct from the vertical. Said method consists in injecting said fluid from at least one injection zone of at least one drain passing through said formation, said injection zone being sloping with respect to the vertical and belonging substantially to the surface of the barrier to be formed.
Inventors
- 👤 Claude Gadelle
- 👤 Herve Petit
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 04:13
CPC Classifications
E; E21; E21B; E21B33/00; E21B33/10; E21B33/13; E21B33/138; E21B43/00; E21B43/30; E21B43/305
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
A method for injecting a fluid into a geological formation to form a barrier of said fluid across a predetermined surface having an elongated shape, the direction of elongation of this surface, or main direction, being distinct from the vertical, wherein said fluid is injected from a plurality of injection zones provided by a plurality of drains passing through said formation in a substantially horizontal direction, said drains being arranged vertically one above the other to provide a substantially planar barrier across the geological formation and the drains being drilled from the surface.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
93 words
A method for injecting a fluid into a geological formation to form a barrier of said fluid across a predetermined surface having an elongated shape, the direction of elongation of this surface, or main direction, being distinct from the vertical, wherein said fluid is injected from a plurality of injection zones provided by a plurality of drains passing through said formation in a substantially horizontal direction, said drains being arranged vertically one above the other to provide a substantially planar barrier across the geological formation and the drains being drilled from the surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said injection zones are substantially parallel to said main direction of the barrier to be formed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fluid is injected from different injection zones belonging to different drains and said injection zones belong substantially to the barrier to be formed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fluid is injected from at least two injection zones belonging to two different drains, and said injection zones are substantially parallel to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said drains are substantially equidistant form each other over at least a portion of their length.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the distances separating said drains depend on the shape of the barrier.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the distances separating injection zones belonging to different drains situated substantially at the center of said barrier are greater than the distances separating the injection zones belonging to different drains situated substantially at the periphery of said barrier.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein amount of fluid injected through each of said zones depends on the shape of the barrier.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the injection of an amount of fluid greater than that injected from at least one injection zone situated at the periphery of said barrier is effected from at least one injection zone situated substantially at the center of the barrier.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fluid injected is a plugging fluid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein injection zones are disposed so as to form a substantially flat barrier.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein drains are used offering to said fluid a passage section which increases from upstream to downstream.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said fluid is injected simultaneously from at least two drains.
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