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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Kevin H. Searles, Kingwood, TX (US);
Ted A. Long, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rahul Pakal, Pearland, TX (US);
Bruce A. Dale, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Brian W. Duffy, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin H. Searles, Kingwood, TX (US);
Ted A. Long, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rahul Pakal, Pearland, TX (US);
Bruce A. Dale, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Brian W. Duffy, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling fluid injection parameters to improve well interactions and control hydrofracture geometries is provided. The method incorporates a systematic, transient analysis process for determining the formation effective displacement, stress and excess pore pressure field quantities at any depth within a stratified subterranean formation resulting from the subsurface injection of pressurized fluids.