Wellbore hydraulic fracturing through a common pumping source

A method for conducting a hydraulic fracturing job on a plurality of wellbores in a subterranean formation utilizing a common pumping source, the method comprising:

• selecting a plurality of fluid pumps, each having a known operating pump capacity, wherein the operating pump capacity is measurable in barrels per minute;
• fluidly connecting the pumps to a common pumping source that is fluidly connected with each of a plurality of cased wellbores in a subterranean formation for providing pumped fracturing fluid to each of the wellbores,
• wherein each of the plurality of wellbores has at least one perforation through a casing of the wellbore and each perforation has a known rate range within which fracturing fluid is required to be provided to the perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the perforation, through the perforation;
• and
• configuring the wellbores that are fluidly connected to the common pumping source, based on the known rate range of each perforation and the known operating pump capacity of each of the of the fluid pumps, so that the common pumping source:
• concurrently provides fracturing fluid to each of the wellbores;
• and
• concurrently provides fracturing fluid to perforations in each of the wellbores within the known rate range of the respective perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the perforation.

A system for conducting a hydraulic fracturing job on a plurality of wellbores in a subterranean formation utilizing a common pumping source, the system comprising:

• one or more fluid pumps having a known pump capacity, wherein the operating pump capacity is measurable in barrels per minute;
• a common pumping source that is fluidly connected with the one or more fluid pumps and each of a plurality of cased wellbores in a subterranean formation for providing pumped fracturing fluid to each of the wellbores,
• wherein each of the plurality of wellbores has at least one perforation through a casing of the wellbore and each perforation has a known rate range within which fracturing fluid is required to be provided to the perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the perforation, through the perforation;
• and
• configuring the wellbores that are fluidly connected to the common pumping source, based on the known rate range of each perforation and the known operating pump capacity of each of the one or more fluid pumps, so that the common pumping source:
• concurrently provides fracturing fluid to each of the wellbores;
• and
• concurrently provides fracturing fluid to perforations in each of the wellbores within the known rate range of the respective perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the perforation.