Method of treating subterranean formation
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsBruno Lecerf, Konstantin Viktorovich Vidma, John Daniels
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Abstract
A method of treating a subterranean formation, including obtaining information of a subterranean formation, generating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the subterranean formation, and performing an experiment on the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional model may be constructed by x-ray scanning of a core of the subterranean formation, and by additive manufacturing using the obtained x-ray image. The subterranean formation may be treated using a treatment designed based upon the experiments performed on the three-dimensional model.
Claims16
A method for treating a subterranean formation, comprising:
- obtaining information of a subterranean formation;
- generating a three-dimensional model, based on the obtained information, of at least a portion of the subterranean formation, wherein the information is obtained by x-ray scanning or laser profilometry of the subterranean formation;
- designing a treatment plan for the subterranean formation, wherein the designing of the treatment plan for the subterranean formation includes performing an experiment on the three-dimensional model to thereby simulate a treatment plan for the subterranean formation;
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- applying the treatment plan to the subterranean formation;
- wherein the three-dimensional model is a printed model generated by additive manufacturing, and manipulating heterogeneities in the three-dimensional model.
A method for treating a subterranean formation, comprising:
- obtaining information of a subterranean formation, wherein the obtaining information comprises x-ray scanning or laser profilometry of the subterranean formation;
- generating a three-dimensional model, based on the obtained information, of at least a portion of the subterranean formation;
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- designing a treatment plan for the subterranean formation, wherein the designing of the treatment plan for the subterranean formation includes performing an experiment on the three-dimensional model to thereby simulate a treatment plan for the subterranean formation;
- wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining a core sample from the subterranean formation;
- and wherein the obtaining information further comprises scanning the core sample with an x-ray so as to create an x-ray image of the core sample;
- and further comprising at least one of reconstructing, segmenting and transforming the x-ray image,
- wherein, after the generation of the three-dimensional model, manipulating heterogeneities in the three-dimensional model;
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- applying the treatment plan to the subterranean formation.
A method for treating a subterranean formation, comprising:
- obtaining information of a subterranean formation;
- generating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the subterranean formation;
- designing a treatment plan for the subterranean formation,
- wherein the designing of the treatment plan for the subterranean formation includes performing an experiment on the three-dimensional model;
- adjusting the treatment plan based upon results of the performed experiment;
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- applying the treatment plan to the subterranean formation;
- wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining a core sample from the subterranean formation;
- wherein the core samples have previously been subjected to a fluid or condition simulating a pre-existing treatment or condition of the subterranean formation after the drilling or a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation;
- wherein the three-dimensional model is a printed model generated by additive manufacturing;
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- manipulating heterogeneities in the three-dimensional model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.