Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Proppant transport efficiency system and method
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Application No.: US16483082Application Date: 2018-02-02
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Publication No.: US10914144B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: John T. Hardesty , Wenbo Yang , James A. Rollins , Kevin Wutherich , Ross Harvey
- Applicant: GEODYNAMICS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Millsap
- Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.
- Current Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Millsap
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2018/016688 WO 20180202
- International Announcement: WO2018/144901 WO 20180809
- Main IPC: E21B43/117
- IPC: E21B43/117 ; E21B43/119 ; E21B43/1185 ; E21B43/267 ; F42B1/036 ; F42B12/76

Abstract:
A perforating gun system with at least one gun. Each of the perforating guns have charges disposed in a gun carrier that are angled to the longitudinal axis of the gun to achieve a predetermined proppant transport profile into clusters within a stage in a well casing. The perforation tunnels may also have burrs on each side of the casing and acts in initially aiding proppant transport during fracture treatment. A method of tuning a cluster to achieve a desired fracturing treatment based on a feedback from another cluster includes selecting a hole diameter, a hole angle for creating an angled opening, a discharge coefficient, and a proppant efficiency. Moreover, a method of improving perforation charge efficiency.
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