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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Yao Yao, Houston, TX (US);
Shekhar V. Gosavi, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin H. Searles, Kingwood, TX (US);
Timothy K. Ellison, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yao Yao, Houston, TX (US);
Shekhar V. Gosavi, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin H. Searles, Kingwood, TX (US);
Timothy K. Ellison, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); G06F 17/5018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and systems for modeling fractures in quasi-brittle materials are provided. An exemplary method included generating a model that incorporates a unified creep-plasticity (UCP) representation into a constitutive model for a ductile rock. The model may be used in a finite element analysis to model hydraulic fractures in the ductile rock.