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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:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Baidurja Ray, Jersey Village, TX (US);

Tirumani N. Swaminathan, Houston, TX (US);

Seyed Omid Razavi, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 111/10 (2020.01); G06F 17/11 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 47/135 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/11 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/135 (2020.05); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); G06F 2111/10 (2020.01);
Abstract

The disclosure presents a technique for determining how downhole material will be distributed among two or more active perforation clusters in a hydraulic fracturing well system. The determination can be conducted during the execution of a treatment stage allowing modifications prior to completion of the treatment stage. The technique utilizes a three-step process where a first step can determine a predictive model of the wellbore, such as subterranean formation properties, wellbore properties, and target goal of the treatment stage. A second step can calibrate for unknown parameters, such as downhole HF fluid pressure at the active perforation clusters and downhole HF fluid flow rate at the perforation clusters. A third step can predict how downhole material will be distributed to the active perforation clusters and fracture clusters. The prediction result can be utilized to modify a pumping plan of the treatment stage to better achieve the targeted goal.


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