- Patent Title: Methods and systems for determining subterranean fracture closure
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Application No.: US14942304Application Date: 2015-11-16
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Publication No.: US10267134B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Chad Cannan , Lewis Bartel , Terry Palisch , David Aldridge , Todd Roper , Steve Savoy , Daniel R. Mitchell
- Applicant: CARBO Ceramics Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston US NM Albuquerque
- Assignee: CARBO CERAMICS INC.,SANDIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CARBO CERAMICS INC.,SANDIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston US NM Albuquerque
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/267
- IPC: E21B43/267

Abstract:
Methods and systems for determining subterranean fracture closure are disclosed herein. The methods can include electrically energizing a casing of a wellbore that extends from a surface of the earth into a subterranean formation having a fracture that is at least partially filled with an electrically conductive proppant and measuring a first electric field response at the surface or in an adjacent wellbore at a first time interval to provide a first field measurement. The methods can also include measuring a second electric field response at the surface or in the adjacent wellbore at a second time interval to provide a second field measurement and determining an increase in closure pressure on the electrically conductive proppant from a difference between the first and second field measurements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160069174A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING SUBTERRANEAN FRACTURE CLOSURE Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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