ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,621, issued on June 17.
"Methods of pressurizing a wellbore to enhance hydrocarbon production" was invented by Xuebing Fu (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some methods of producing hydrocarbons from a formation include pressurizing a formation by pumping fluid into a portion of a wellbore having one or more first fractures in fluid communication with the formation, while the formation is pressurized, restricting fluid communication between the formation and the wellbore via the first fracture(s), and, while fluid communication between the formation and the wellbore via the first fracture(s) is restricted, producing hydrocarbon...