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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

May. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Philippe Enkababian, Richmond, TX (US);

Dmitriy Potapenko, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Dean Willberg, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 29/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/134 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/086 (2013.01); E21B 29/00 (2013.01); E21B 29/002 (2013.01); E21B 33/134 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/1015 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01N 15/088 (2013.01); G01V 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system is provided that analyzes flow characteristics of return fluid that flows to a surface-located facility during well operations (such as plug mill-out or cleanout/workover operations) in order to characterize local formation properties of the formation. The method and system can be used to characterize a hydraulically-fractured hydrocarbon-bearing formation that is traversed by a well having a number of intervals that are hydraulically isolated from one another by corresponding plugs.


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