Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Generating probabilistic information on subterranean fractures
- Patent Title (中): 生成关于地下裂缝的概率信息
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Application No.: US12837854Application Date: 2010-07-16
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Publication No.: US08437962B2Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: David P. Craig
- Applicant: David P. Craig
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Agent Robert A. Kent
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G06G7/48 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and instructions encoded in a computer-readable medium can perform operations related to generating probabilistic information on characteristics of natural fractures of a subterranean formation. Fitted fracture models are generated based on microseismic event data for a subterranean region. The fitted fracture models represent estimated locations of fractures in the subterranean region. A distribution of fracture parameter values is generated based on the fitted fracture models. The distribution includes fracture parameter values and a probability associated with each fracture parameter value. Generating the fitted fracture models may include, for example, fitting a plane, a line or another type of equation to the measured locations of microseismic events. In some implementations, an injection treatment may be simulated and/or designed based on the probability distribution.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110120702A1 GENERATING PROBABILISTIC INFORMATION ON SUBTERRANEAN FRACTURES Public/Granted day:2011-05-26
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