18210211. Optimizing Well Placement to Maximize Exposed Hydraulic Fracture Area in Geothermal Wells (Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.)

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Optimizing Well Placement to Maximize Exposed Hydraulic Fracture Area in Geothermal Wells

Organization Name

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Inventor(s)

Robert Barree of Lakewood CO (US)

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft of Houston TX (US)

Neil Alan Stegent of Houston TX (US)

Optimizing Well Placement to Maximize Exposed Hydraulic Fracture Area in Geothermal Wells

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18210211 titled 'Optimizing Well Placement to Maximize Exposed Hydraulic Fracture Area in Geothermal Wells



Original Abstract Submitted

A method of constructing an injection well for a geothermal energy system comprising determining a fracture area of an injection well with a curved wellbore by inputting the curved wellbore path, a set of formation properties, and a fracturing operation, into a fracturing model. The curved wellbore path can promote fracture interference between fracture stresses extending from the injection wellbore. A production model can determine an economic value of the production fluids produced from at least one production well by determining a contact time for the injection fluids to traverse the formation. A design process can iterate the curved wellbore path of the injection well to produce a production fluid with an economic value above a threshold value.

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