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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Denis Heilot, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Bernadette Tabanou, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jacques R. Tabanou, Houston, TX (US);
Denis Heilot, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/40 (2006.01); G01V 3/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for estimating a fracture aperture in a formation penetrated by a well includes obtaining at least one of a vertical resistivity (Rv) and a horizontal resistivity (Rh) of the formation; obtaining a mud resistivity (R) or a matrix resistivity (R); and estimating the fracture aperture. The estimating of the fracture aperture may be performed by solving the following two equations:+(1−)·and 1/·1/+(1−)·1/,wherein Vis the fracture aperture.