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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2012
Applicants:

Srinath Madasu, Houston, TX (US);

Samuel Bryant Johnson, Spring, TX (US);

Jie Bai, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Srinath Madasu, Houston, TX (US);

Samuel Bryant Johnson, Spring, TX (US);

Jie Bai, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G06F 17/11 (2006.01); G06F 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for evaluating a fluid flow through a wellbore include identifying an input characterizing a fluid flow through a wellbore; identifying an input characterizing a geometry of the wellbore; generating a model of the wellbore based on the inputs characterizing the fluid flow and the geometry of the wellbore; simulating the fluid flow through the wellbore based on evaluating the model with a numerical method that determines fluid flow conditions at a first boundary location uphole and adjacent to a perforation of a plurality of perforations in the wellbore and at a second boundary location downhole and adjacent to the perforation; and preparing, based on the fluid flow conditions determined with the numerical method, an output associated with the simulated fluid flow through the wellbore for display to a user.


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