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Using radio waves to fracture rocks in a hydrocarbon reservoir

  • US 10,443,367 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2018
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • forming a borehole pattern comprising a plurality of boreholes in a hydrocarbon reservoir from a surface of the hydrocarbon reservoir extending downward into the hydrocarbon reservoir, wherein the forming the borehole pattern comprises;

    determining a distance based on a stimulated fracture density; and

    positioning the plurality of boreholes in a pattern having an equal distance between neighboring boreholes, wherein the equal distance is set to the determined distance;

    transmitting an EM wave through at least one of the plurality of boreholes at a location below the surface of the hydrocarbon reservoir; and

    for each of the at least one of the plurality of boreholes, fracturing rocks around the respective borehole using the EM wave.

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