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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Houston, TX (US);

Clayton S. Smith, Edmonton, CA;

Francisco E. Fragachan, Houston, TX (US);

Ovunc Mutlu, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/13 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); C09K 8/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/13 (2013.01); E21B 43/261 (2013.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); C09K 8/426 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure pertains to the design and implementation of a diversion procedure for geologic openings. Embodiments involve performing a screening analysis to determine if a well or formation is appropriate for stimulation. If a well is appropriate, a modeling analysis is performed to determine candidate parameters for a diversion procedure. The analysis is divided into two segments, a dry analysis of jamming and a wet and full-physics-based analysis of plugging. The jamming analysis provides candidates to the plugging analysis to reduce the work of the more intensive wet full-physics modeling.


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