Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of geometric evaluation of hydraulic fractures
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Application No.: US15975596Application Date: 2018-05-09
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Publication No.: US10436027B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Günther Kampfer , Matthew A. Dawson
- Applicant: STATOIL GULF SERVICES LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: STATOIL GULF SERVICES LLC
- Current Assignee: STATOIL GULF SERVICES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Main IPC: G01V1/40
- IPC: G01V1/40 ; E21B49/00 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A method of evaluating a geometric parameter of a first fracture emanating from a first wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation is provided. The method includes the steps of forming the first fracture in fluid communication with the first wellbore; forming a second fracture in fluid communication with a second wellbore; measuring a first pressure change in the second wellbore in proximity to the first wellbore; and determining the geometric parameter of the first fracture using at least the measured first pressure change in an analysis which couples a solid mechanics equation and a pressure diffusion equation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180258762A1 METHOD OF GEOMETRIC EVALUATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURES Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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