公开(公告)号：US10605060B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US14350533

申请日：2012-10-11

Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Dmitry Arefievich Chuprakov ,  Romain Charles André Prioul ,  Xiaowei Weng ,  Olga Kresse ,  Hongren Gu

IPC: G06G7/48 ,  E21B43/26 ,  E21B47/00 ,  G06F17/50

Abstract: A system and method is provided for performing stimulation operations at a wellsite having a subterranean formation with a reservoir therein. The method involves acquiring integrated wellsite data (e.g., geomechanical, geological, and/or geophysical properties of the formation, and/or geometrical properties of the mechanical discontinuities in the formation). The method also involves generating a mechanical earth model using the integrated wellsite data, and identifying a crossing behavior between an induced hydraulic fracture and at least one discontinuity in the formation. The method also involves optimizing a stimulation plan to achieve an optimized crossing behavior. The stimulation plan includes at least one of fluid viscosity, rate of injection of the fracturing fluid, and concentration of a fluid loss additive. The optimization may further include adjusting the stimulation plan to achieve the optimized crossing behavior between the induced hydraulic fracture and the discontinuity in the formation.