Automated identification and application of hydraulic fracturing shut-in parameters

    公开(公告)号:US12110783B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17872928

    申请日:2022-07-25

    IPC分类号: E21B43/26 E21B47/06

    CPC分类号: E21B47/06 E21B43/26

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an automated process of identifying shut-in parameters of a hydraulic fracturing operation from hydraulic fracturing treatment (HF) data. Also disclosed is a system and computer program product for automatically determining shut-in parameters from HF data. The HF data can be collected in real time during a HF from various sensors, equipment, or systems typically used in HFs or present at a well site. In one example, a method for automatically determining hydraulic fracturing parameters includes: (1) obtaining HF data, (2) determining a Rate Shut-In (RSI) time from the HF data, (3) determining a Well Shut-In (WSI) time using the RSI, and (4) calculating an Instantaneous Shut-In Pressure (ISIP) value based upon both the RSI and the WSI times, wherein determining the RSI time, the WSI time and calculating the ISIP value are automatically performed by one or more processors.

    Calibrating a diversion model for a hydraulic fracturing well system

    公开(公告)号:US11449645B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16564937

    申请日:2019-09-09

    摘要: The disclosure presents a process for calibrating a diversion model for a treatment stage of a hydraulic fracturing well site. The process can pump a portion of the proppant into the wellbore, flush the wellbore with clean HF fluid, and then perform a diagnostic test to determine a near-wellbore (NWB) flow resistance parameter. Next, diverter material can be distributed into the wellbore and the amount of diverter material delivered to each active perforation cluster can be estimated. A second diagnostic test can be performed followed by computing diversion model parameters such as a near-wellbore zone length parameter for perforation clusters capable of receiving HF fluid. In another aspect, a system is disclosed that can direct operations of a well site pump and collect data from surface and downhole diagnostic sensors, and then use the collected data for the diversion model calibration process.

    Selection of fluid systems based on well friction characteristics

    公开(公告)号:US11359487B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16675512

    申请日:2019-11-06

    IPC分类号: E21B49/00 E21B49/08 E21B43/26

    摘要: A wellbore fracturing system that includes wellbore fracturing resources coupled through a wellbore conveyance to a subterranean formation of the wellbore; The wellbore fracturing system further includes a bottom hole pressure gauge that provides a bottom hole gauge pressure, and a processor coupled to the wellbore fracturing resources and the wellbore conveyance that calculates a wellbore friction pressure using a time-series sampling of bottom-hole gauge pressures for a fracturing fluid system after a uniform fracturing fluid condition is achieved in the wellbore. Also included are methods of calculating and managing a wellbore friction pressure.

    Systems and methods deriving hydraulic fracture growth from microseismicity analysis

    公开(公告)号:US10914153B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-09

    申请号:US15754124

    申请日:2015-10-06

    摘要: An illustrative monitoring system for a hydraulic fracturing operation includes: a data acquisition module collecting microseismic signals from a subterranean formation undergoing a hydraulic fracturing operation; a processing module implementing a monitoring method; and a visualization module that displays an estimate or prediction of fracture extent. The monitoring method implemented by the processing module includes: deriving microseismic event locations and times from the microseismic signals; fitting at least one fracture plane to the microseismic event locations; projecting each microseismic event location onto at least one fracture plane; determining a time-dependent distribution of the projected microseismic event locations; calculating one or more envelope parameters from the time-dependent distribution; and generating an estimate or prediction of fracture extent using the or more envelope parameters. The envelope parameters may include an exponent of a time-power law, and said generating may include re-fitting the fracture plane if the exponent isn't approximately one-half.

    Analysis of microseismic supported stimulated reservoir volumes

    公开(公告)号:US10408957B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15502102

    申请日:2014-09-12

    摘要: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of modeling a downhole drilling tool is disclosed. The method may include obtaining microseismic data corresponding to a treatment of a subterranean region, the microseismic data including a microseismic event time for each of a plurality of microseismic events, and a microseismic event location for each of the plurality of microseismic events. The method may additionally include calculating a plurality of fracture planes based upon the microseismic event times, and calculating a closed boundary enclosing a first subset of the plurality of fracture planes. The method may further include identifying a microseismic supported stimulated reservoir volume (μSRN) for the treatment based on the closed boundary.

    AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SHUT-IN PARAMETERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240026774A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17872928

    申请日:2022-07-25

    IPC分类号: E21B47/06 E21B43/26

    CPC分类号: E21B47/06 E21B43/26

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an automated process of identifying shut-in parameters of a hydraulic fracturing operation from hydraulic fracturing treatment (HF) data. Also disclosed is a system and computer program product for automatically determining shut-in parameters from HF data. The HF data can be collected in real time during a HF from various sensors, equipment, or systems typically used in HFs or present at a well site. In one example, a method for automatically determining hydraulic fracturing parameters includes: (1) obtaining HF data, (2) determining a Rate Shut-In (RSI) time from the HF data, (3) determining a Well Shut-In (WSI) time using the RSI, and (4) calculating an Instantaneous Shut-In Pressure (ISIP) value based upon both the RSI and the WSI times, wherein determining the RSI time, the WSI time and calculating the ISIP value are automatically performed by one or more processors.

    SELECTION OF FLUID SYSTEMS BASED ON WELL FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS

    公开(公告)号:US20210131280A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16675512

    申请日:2019-11-06

    IPC分类号: E21B49/00 E21B49/08

    摘要: A wellbore fracturing system that includes wellbore fracturing resources coupled through a wellbore conveyance to a subterranean formation of the wellbore; The wellbore fracturing system further includes a bottom hole pressure gauge that provides a bottom hole gauge pressure, and a processor coupled to the wellbore fracturing resources and the wellbore conveyance that calculates a wellbore friction pressure using a time-series sampling of bottom-hole gauge pressures for a fracturing fluid system after a uniform fracturing fluid condition is achieved in the wellbore. Also included are methods of calculating and managing a wellbore friction pressure.