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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Oswaldo J. Perez, Houston, TX (US);

Francisco E. Fragachan, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01N 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01N 11/162 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated hydraulic fracture design model that utilizes elastic fluids with high proppant suspension and low required power for injection into a hydrocarbon-bearing, subterranean formation. The integrated physics-based approach utilizes a hybrid friction model to compute viscous and elastic behavior to estimate pressure losses at different pumping conditions coupled with a novel geomechanical model capable of modeling proppant transport with elastic fluids in planar hydraulic fractures and natural fractures. An integrated process to optimize hydraulic fracture design evaluates and quantifies the proppant-carrying capacity of elastic fluids and its impact on the proppant transport process, and low water requirements.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Perez, Oswaldo. (2023). Application of elastic fluids in hydraulic fracturing implementing a physics-based analytical tool (U.S. Patent No. 11566504). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11566504

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