Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Filtering microseismic events for updating and calibrating a fracture model
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Application No.: US15519924Application Date: 2014-11-19
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Publication No.: US10408955B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Jason D. Dykstra , Zhijie Sun
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/066385 WO 20141119
- International Announcement: WO2016/080980 WO 20160526
- Main IPC: G06G7/48
- IPC: G06G7/48 ; G01V1/28 ; E21B43/26 ; E21B47/12 ; G01V1/50

Abstract:
A fracture model for a hydraulic fracture in a wellbore can be updated and calibrated. Information about a microseismic event can be received from a sensor that is monitoring a subterranean formation. The information can be received subsequent to a fracking fluid being introduced into the formation. An observed geometry of a hydraulic fracture can be determined based on the information and a predicted geometry of the fracture can be determined based on properties of the fracking fluid and a fracture model. The fracture model can be updated using the information about the microseismic event where it is determined that an uncertainty value of the observed geometry does not exceed a pre-set maximum. The uncertainty value can be based on the predicted geometry of the hydraulic fracture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170343689A1 Filtering Microseismic Events For Updating and Calibrating A Fracture Model Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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