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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:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Robert Barree, Lakewood, CO (US);

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Houston, TX (US);

Neil Alan Stegent, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24T 10/20 (2017.12); E21B 7/04 (2005.12); E21B 33/03 (2005.12); F03G 4/06 (2005.12); F24T 50/00 (2017.12); G06F 30/28 (2019.12); E21B 43/26 (2005.12); E21B 49/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24T 10/20 (2018.04); E21B 7/04 (2012.12); E21B 33/03 (2012.12); F03G 4/06 (2021.07); F24T 50/00 (2018.04); G06F 30/28 (2019.12); E21B 43/26 (2012.12); E21B 49/00 (2012.12); F24T 2201/00 (2018.04);
Abstract

A method of constructing an injection well for a geothermal energy system comprising determining a fracture area of an injection well with a curved wellbore by inputting the curved wellbore path, a set of formation properties, and a fracturing operation, into a fracturing model. The curved wellbore path can promote fracture interference between fracture stresses extending from the injection wellbore. A production model can determine an economic value of the production fluids produced from at least one production well by determining a contact time for the injection fluids to traverse the formation. A design process can iterate the curved wellbore path of the injection well to produce a production fluid with an economic value above a threshold value.


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