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Method and system for accessing subterranean deposits from the surface

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  • US 6,561,288 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2001
  • Issued: 05/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for accessing a subterranean zone from the surface, comprising:

  • drilling a substantially vertical well bore from the surface to the subterranean zone;

    drilling an articulated well bore from the surface to the subterranean zone, the articulated well bore horizontally offset from the substantially vertical well bore at the surface and intersecting the substantially vertical well bore at a junction proximate to the subterranean zone; and

    drilling through the articulated well bore into the subterranean zone extending from the junction a main well bore and a plurality of lateral well bores extending from the main well bore.

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