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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2022
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 20/00 (2024.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 20/00 (2024.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); G01V 2210/624 (2013.01); G01V 2210/646 (2013.01);
Abstract

Hydrocarbon reservoir development that includes determining, based on fracture data, a two-dimensional (2D) fracture model including fracture lines representing locations of fractures in the reservoir, determining, based on the lines, a fracture density index (FDI) map including FDI values for cells representing the reservoir, including, for each cell, determining a FDI value based on proximity to the fracture lines, determining a circulation loss (CL) map including CL values for the cells, including, for each cell, determining a CL value based on proximity of the cell to locations of circulation loss events in the hydrocarbon reservoir, determining, based on the FDI map and the CL map, a correlation of FDI to CL for the reservoir, and drilling a hydrocarbon well based on the correlation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Olvera Carranza, Karla. (2026). System and method to develop naturally fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs using a fracture density index (U.S. Patent No. 12560741). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12560741

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