Method for resonant vibration stimulation of fluid-bearing formations

• US 6,467,542 B1
• Filed: 06/06/2001
• Issued: 10/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sergey A. Kostrov, William O. Wooden
• Original Assignee: Sergey A. Kostrov, William O. Wooden
• Inventors: Kostrov, Sergey A., Wooden, William O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bagnell, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOUGHERTY, JENNIFER R
• Application Number:
  US09/875,839
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 166/249, 166/250.01, 166/252.5, 166/250.02, 166/311, 166/248, 166/66, 166/177.1
• US Class Current: 166/249
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/003 Vibrating earth formations

Abstract

A process is provided to enhance fluid production, recovery, and/or injection from and/or into fluid-bearing formations. The process includes the stimulation of the formation by vibrations, generated by the vibration source installed in the vicinity of the productive layer so that the stimulation is performed on the frequency coinciding with the eigen frequency bandwidth of filtration process of productive layer/sublayer.

Claims

1. A method of stimulation of near well zone by vibration comprising the steps of:

arranging a vibration sensor in the vicinity of a productive layer of the active well;

measuring the eigen frequency bandwidth of filtration process for each sublayer of the productive layer using the vibration sensor by means of movement of the vibration sensor up and down along the productive layer;

providing a source of vibration installed in the region of the productive layer/sublayer said vibration sensor is located in the vicinity of the source of vibration

generating vibrations on a frequency bandwidth corresponding to the eigen frequency bandwidth of the productive layer, said vibration sensor measures the frequency of said vibration source for adjusting a frequency bandwidth of said vibration source to the said eigen frequency bandwidth of the said productive layer.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein a particular sublayer of said productive layer is stimulated by said vibration source on the frequency bandwidth corresponding to the eigen frequency bandwidth of said particular sublayer of said productive layer.

3. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the measurement of the eigen frequency bandwidth of the productive layer and adjusting a frequency bandwith of said vibration source to the said eigen frequency bandwidth of the productive layer are performed simultaneously.