Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Brad A Clarkson

Bruce Wallace Techentien

Harvey J Fitzpatrick

Ronnie Burger

Systems and methods for improved propped fracture geometry for high permeability reservoirs are provided. In one embodiment, a method of determining a pad volume and proppant volume for fracturing a subterranean formation is provided comprising selecting a proppant volume for placement in a fracture to be created in a subterranean formation; determining a desired fracture geometry for the fracture; calculating a pad volume sufficient to create the desired fracture geometry in the subterranean formation at a lower fluid efficiency value; calculating a fracture length that would result from injecting the pad volume into the subterranean formation at an upper fluid efficiency value; calculating a fracture width that corresponds to the calculated fracture length; and calculating a proppant volume sufficient to fill a fracture having the calculated length and width.

System and method for improved propped fracture geometry for high permeability reservoirs

An open hole completion apparatus () includes an outer tubing string () disposed in an open hole portion of a wellbore (). The outer tubing string () includes a sand control screen () and a shrouded closing sleeve (). An inner tubing string () is at least partially disposed within the outer tubing string (). The inner tubing string () includes a crossover assembly (). The shrouded closing sleeve () has a shroud () that creates a channel () with a portion of the outer tubing string () by extending over a fluid port () of the shrouded closing sleeve () toward the sand control screen (), such that when a treatment fluid is pumped through the inner tubing string (), the crossover assembly () and the fluid port (), the treatment fluid is injected into the wellbore () remote from the fluid port ().

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Fulshear, TX, United States of America

Brad A Clarkson