METHODS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

Organization Name

schlumberger technology corporation

Inventor(s)

Vadim Ismailovich Isaev of Sugar Land TX (US)

Ivan Anatolyevich Tsygulev of Moscow (RU)

Ivan Vladimirovich Velokanov of Novosibirsk (RU)

Fedor Nikolaevich Litvinets of Novosibirsk (RU)

METHODS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250084741 titled 'METHODS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

Original Abstract Submitted

hydraulic fracturing treatments are performed by injecting hydraulic fracturing materials into two or more perforation clusters. treatment data concerning pressure, flow rate and properties of the hydraulic fracturing materials are recorded. these data are analyzed by one or more techniques for estimating cluster efficiency. the data may be entered into one or more computer models for hydraulic fracturing. the modeling results are compared to the treatment data. or, the treatment data may be analyzed using one or more wellbore pressure-wave propagation models. these waves may be generated by pumps and other sources. the reflection times from hydraulic fractures provide additional information about their position. or, the treatment data may be analyzed using one or more machine learning algorithms employing data from heterodyne distributed vibration sensing or other systems. the hydraulic fracturing treatment may be adjusted to improve perforation cluster efficiency. this procedure may be performed in real time.