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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:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Zhijie Sun, Spring, TX (US);

Jason D. Dykstra, Spring, TX (US);

Qiuying Gu, Humble, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); G01V 1/22 (2006.01); G01V 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); G01V 1/226 (2013.01); G01V 1/50 (2013.01); G01V 2210/123 (2013.01); G01V 2210/646 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some aspects, the present disclosure includes systems and methods for determining and delivering diverting material to dominant fractures in a stage of a subterranean formation. The method includes creating or extending a plurality of fractures in a stage of a subterranean formation; pumping fracturing fluid to the plurality of fractures; identifying dominant fractures among the plurality of fractures; determining a desired amount of diverters to deliver to the dominant fractures; and pumping the determined amount of diverters to the dominant fractures so as to redistribute the flow of fracturing fluid between the plurality of fractures.


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