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RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 08:00 AM Nov 2014

Fracking Alternative to Hit Market and Revive ‘Dead Wells’

Fracking Alternative to Hit Market and Revive ‘Dead Wells’

"...“The opportunity to become a leader in providing this revolutionary new technology and service to oil and gas operators is truly enormous.”

Terra Slicing Technology is a safe, extremely accurate and reliable water jet cutting procedure. It increases the production of under-performing oil and gas assets through precision excavation and cutting of damaged productive hydrocarbon zones, increasing permeability, creating previously non-existent vertical permeability, increasing the overall drainage area of the well and avoiding further damage caused by explosive charge perforation.

According to FalconRidge, TST increases reservoir permeability by up to 20 times, using high pressure abrasive slurry to cut deep into the reservoir formation. Most significantly, the technology can be applied in almost all known environments--including onshore, offshore, vertical and horizontal formats--and is the only that has been proven to work in less than 5% porosity/permeability...."

http://oilprice.com/Finance/investing-and-trading-reports/Fracking-Alternative-to-Hit-Market-and-Revive-Dead-Wells.html

Oh goody.
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Fracking Alternative to Hit Market and Revive ‘Dead Wells’ (Original Post) RiverLover Nov 2014 OP
I hope oil prices continue to drop, CRASH BABY CRASH Champion Jack Nov 2014 #1
It sounds like it relies on large amounts of water in historically low-water environments NickB79 Nov 2014 #2

NickB79

(19,253 posts)
2. It sounds like it relies on large amounts of water in historically low-water environments
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 07:54 PM
Nov 2014

And that the resulting slurry will be a toxic mix of mud, water and oil from the well.

Hey, no environmental problems foreseeable there!

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