Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Estimating natural fracture properties based on production from hydraulically fractured wells
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Application No.: US16746016Application Date: 2020-01-17
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Publication No.: US11268373B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Chao Liu , Younane N. Abousleiman
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B47/06
- IPC: E21B47/06 ; E21B47/07 ; E21B49/00 ; E21B49/08 ; G01V9/00

Abstract:
To estimate natural fracture properties based on production from hydraulically fractured wells, a computer system receives hydrocarbon reservoir production information associated with a naturally fractured hydrocarbon reservoir with entrapped hydrocarbons in which a wellbore has been formed to produce the hydrocarbons. The information includes a wellbore pressure measured over production time. From the wellbore pressure, the computer system determines a time rate of change of the wellbore pressure over the production time. From a plot of a logarithmic time rate of change of the wellbore pressure over logarithmic production time, the computer system identifies multiple plot sections, each representing a respective flow regime of a flow of the hydrocarbons from the reservoir. For each plot section, the computer system determines a corresponding time rate of change of the wellbore pressure intersect value and a reservoir parameter for each corresponding time rate of change of the wellbore pressure intersect value determined for each plot section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210222543A1 ESTIMATING NATURAL FRACTURE PROPERTIES BASED ON PRODUCTION FROM HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELLS Public/Granted day:2021-07-22
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