The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Tobias Hoeink, Houston, TX (US);
Tobias Hoeink, Houston, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for computing a production rate of hydrocarbons from an earth formation includes: obtaining information about a discrete fraction network relating to locations, orientations and apertures of fractures; computing an average distance of the fractures to a wellbore penetrating the formation and a standard deviation of the distances; computing an average velocity of fluid from each of the fractures to the wellbore and a standard deviation of the velocities; computing a characteristic time representing a time for fluid to flow from each fracture to the wellbore and a standard deviation of the characteristic times; computing a range of hydrocarbon production rates using the characteristic time and the standard deviation of the characteristic times to provide the range of hydrocarbon production rates as a function of standard deviation values; and providing a graph of the range of hydrocarbon production rates as a function of standard deviation values.