Patent ID: 7726403
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a zone intersecting a well comprising the steps of: lowering a tool string with a jetting tool in the well, wherein a lower end of the jetting tool has a channel capable of drawing in debris and expelling debris therefrom; positioning the jetting tool at a first longitudinal and a first radial location in the well such that at least one port in the jetting tool for jetting fluid therethrough is adjacent the zone to be treated; pumping a proppant-laden fluid through the tool string and the at least one port in the jetting tool to initiate fractures at the first longitudinal and first radial location in the well; and ratcheting the jetting tool so the at least one port rotates to a second radial position in the well adjacent the zone to be treated.