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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohamed Y. Soliman, Plano, TX (US);
Audis C. Byrd, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; E21B 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; E21B 4/700 ;
Abstract
Fracture design for well completion includes determining a conductivity profile for the given reservoir to be fractured. Materials needed to obtain this conductivity profile are selected based on their ability to meet the conductivity objective and their rank based on economic value. A further step gives the designer a pumping schedule to be performed on the surface after an initial test in the actual well. This can reduce the iterations required to optimize a fracturing treatment and significantly reduce the redesign process at the well site.