US 12,264,566 B2
Method for borehole completion
Howard K. Schmidt, Hockley, TX (US); and Scott Wright, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Quidnet Energy, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Quidnet Energy Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,851.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,002, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076972 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 29/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/26 (2013.01) [E21B 29/005 (2013.01); E21B 43/10 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A method for completing a wellbore in a rock formation, comprising:
drilling a wellbore into a rock formation;
cutting a notch into the surrounding rock formation, wherein the notch comprises a symmetric triangle shape terminating in a sharp point oriented perpendicular to an axis of the wellbore, and wherein the notch is cut with a rotary cutter, wherein the rotary cutter comprises a plurality of cutter arms, wherein each of the plurality of cutter arms has been modified to swing about 45 degrees; and
fracturing the rock formation with a fluid.