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Method for directional drilling a relief well to control an adjacent wild well

  • US 3,282,355 A
  • Filed: 10/23/1965
  • Issued: 11/01/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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3. A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF THE SOURCE OF UNCONTROLLABLE FLUID FLOW FROM A WELL COMPRISING:

  • DETECTING THE DIRECTION OF EMANATION OF SONIC VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY SAID UNCONTROLLABLE FLUID FLOW WITH A VIBRATION RECEIVING MEANS AT LEAST ONE LOCATION REMOTE FROM SAID WELL;

    AND INTERPRETING THE DETECTED DIRECTION OF EMANATION OF SONIC VIBRATION TO PROVIDE THE DIRECTION OF SAID SOURCE OF UNCONTROLLABLE FLUID FLOW.

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