Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for selecting diversion material for a wellbore operation
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Application No.: US15411944Application Date: 2017-01-20
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Publication No.: US10400577B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Andrew James McMurray , Darren Michael Maley , Michael Edward Burvill , Bailey Todd Epp
- Applicant: STEP ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary
- Assignee: STEP ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
- Current Assignee: STEP ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness, PLLC
- Main IPC: E21B47/06
- IPC: E21B47/06 ; G01N15/08 ; E21B33/138

Abstract:
Diversion material is particulate material used during wellbore treatment to temporarily seal a wellbore fluid passage such as a fracture. A method and apparatus for diversion material testing permits simulation of wellbore fracture parameters and testing thereof against a selected diversion material. The apparatus comprises: a fluid piping system including a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end; a fracture simulator chamber including a fracture-simulating outlet slot through a wall of the chamber, the fracture simulator chamber being releasably connectable to the fluid outlet end; a pump to pump fluid through the fluid piping system from the fluid inlet line to the fluid outlet end and into the fracture simulator chamber; a diversion material launch system connected in communication with the fluid piping system between the fluid inlet end and the fluid outlet line; and a pressure transducer in the fluid piping system to measure pressure in the fluid piping system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170211373A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING DIVERSION MATERIAL FOR A WELLBORE OPERATION Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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