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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Romain Plateaux, Leeds, GB;
Paul Wilson, Leeds, GB;
Russell Davies, McKinney, TX (US);
Danny Povey, Leeds, GB;
Mustapha Lejri, Leeds, GB;
Stephen Grenfell, Leeds, GB;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/20 (2020.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and program product evaluate fracture abundance in a subsurface formation by modeling a fracture network in a three-dimensional volume using geometric primitives and based at least in part on geomechanical simulation of mechanical properties of the subsurface formation.