Vanderbilt Medical GroupVanderbilt University Medical Center General Surgery 1301 Medical Ctr Dr, Nashville, TN 37232 6153222063 (phone), 6153439485 (fax)
Education:
Medical School Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduated: 1977
Abdominal Hernia Cholelethiasis or Cholecystitis Inguinal Hernia Intestinal Obstruction Malignant Neoplasm of Female Breast
Languages:
English
Description:
Dr. Sharp graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1977. He works in Nashville, TN and specializes in General Surgery. Dr. Sharp is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
A method for selectively placing and removing a plugging agent in a formation adjacent a wellbore comprising preheating the wellbore, heating and injecting the plugging agent at a temperature higher than its melting point, shutting in the well to allow the plugging agent in the formation to cool and solidify, reheating the formation adjacent the wellbore, and swabbing back the liquidified plugging agent from the low permeability zones adjacent the wellbore. The expected benefit is reduction of permeability in the high permeability zones without a corresponding loss of permeability in the low permeability zones. The method provides better vertical sweep and improved recovery.