Schlumberger Technology Corporation

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Schlumberger Holdings Limited

Prad Research and Development Limited

Geoquest Systems B.v.

Logined B.v.

Romain Charles André Prioul

Xiaowei Weng

Denis Heliot

Hongren Gu

Olga Kresse

Gong Rui Yan

Alexander Ramirez

Walid Ben-Ismail

Dmitry Arefievich Chuprakov

Thomas Berard

Dimitry Chuprakov

Florian Karpfinger

Liu Chang

A system and method is provided for performing stimulation operations at a wellsite having a subterranean formation with a reservoir therein. The method involves acquiring integrated wellsite data (e.g., geomechanical, geological, and/or geophysical properties of the formation, and/or geometrical properties of the mechanical discontinuities in the formation). The method also involves generating a mechanical earth model using the integrated wellsite data, and identifying a crossing behavior between an induced hydraulic fracture and at least one discontinuity in the formation. The method also involves optimizing a stimulation plan to achieve an optimized crossing behavior. The stimulation plan includes at least one of fluid viscosity, rate of injection of the fracturing fluid, and concentration of a fluid loss additive. The optimization may further include adjusting the stimulation plan to achieve the optimized crossing behavior between the induced hydraulic fracture and the discontinuity in the formation.

System and method for performing stimulation operations

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Somerville, MA, United States of America

Romain Charles André Prioul