Patent 11401460 was granted and assigned to Chevron on August, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations. The methods can include injecting a gas into the existing wellbore in fluid communication with an unconventional subterranean formation prior to and/or during fracturing of the new wellbore in fluid communication with the unconventional subterranean formation.