Control of fracture growth during well operation

• Main Authors: Bunger, Andrew Paul, Lu, Qiao, Zaki, Karim S, Adachi, Jose I, El-Fayoumi, Amr Said
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.08.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; MEASURING; MINING; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TESTING

A dissipation equilibrium value for a well operation may be determined based on a height of a fracture within a layer and a limit on the change of the height of the fracture (fracture height change limit). A pressure limit for the well operation may be determined based on the dissipation equilibrium...