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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:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Xiaowei Weng, Fulshear, TX (US);

Charles-Edouard Cohen, Rio de Janeiro, BR;

George Alan Waters, Oklahoma City, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 29/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); E21B 43/11 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); E21B 43/11 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 47/10 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 1/301 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of performing a fracture operation at a wellsite is disclosed for a wellsite positioned about a subterranean formation having a wellbore therethrough and a fracture network therein. The fracture network includes natural fractures. The method involves generating wellsite parameters of the wellsite comprising seismic measurements, generating smooth fracture parameters of a smooth fracture by solving governing equations based on the wellsite parameters, and generating ledged fracture parameters of a ledged fracture by identifying ledge locations and generating ledged fracture parameters of a ledged fracture at the ledge locations by solving the governing equations based on the wellsite parameters for the ledge locations.


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