Patent ID: 8490685

Claim:
A method associated with the production of hydrocarbons comprising: providing a pumping system manifold for connecting a stimulation fluid pumping system simultaneously to at least two wells, the pumping system manifold being selectively switchable between directing a pressurized hydraulic stimulation treatment to one of the at least two wells and isolating the pressurized hydraulic stimulation treatment from the other of the at least two wells; connecting the at least two wells to the pumping system manifold, each of the at least two wells including a wellbore conduit for receiving the pressurized hydraulic stimulation treatment from the pumping system manifold; providing wellbore conduit mechanical access equipment on each of the at least two wells, the wellbore conduit mechanical access equipment comprising equipment for at least one of a wireline system, a coiled tubing system, a wireline perforating system, an autonomous perforating system, a plug-setting system, and a stimulation fluid flowback system, pumping a first stimulation treatment through the pumping system manifold and into a first well of the at least two wells while selectively isolating a second well of the at least two wells from fluid pressure of the first stimulation treatment, the first stimulation treatment comprising at least one of a hydraulic proppant fracture treatment, an acid fracture treatment, a matrix acid treatment, and combinations thereof; and preparing the second well of the at least two wells for a second stimulation treatment, the step of preparing the second well performed by a method comprising using the provided wellbore conduit mechanical access equipment while concurrently, pumping the first stimulation treatment, wherein preparing the second well comprises performing at least one of a wireline operation, coiled tubing operation, wireline perforating operation, autonomous perforating operation, plug-setting operation, and stimulation fluid flowback operation, within the wellbore conduit of the second well.