Patent ID: 7798227

Claim:
A method for placing fractures in a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of: (a) running a production liner into the wellbore; (b) displacing a fluid pill downhole through the liner, the fluid pill containing proppant; (c) displacing a portion of the fluid pill out of the liner and into an annular open hole area between the liner and the wellbore, the displacing continuing until a volume of the fluid pill in the liner is substantially equal to a volume of the fluid pill in an annulus above the liner; (d) packing the proppant in the fluid pill into the annular open hole area and isolating the annular open hole area surrounding the liner with the packed proppant; (e) perforating a first section of the wellbore using a perforation assembly positioned inside the liner; (f) hydraulically fracturing the first section; (g) moving the perforation assembly uphole; (h) perforating a second section of the wellbore using the perforation assembly; and (i) hydraulically fracturing the second section.