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US 2010/0250204 A1Published application
System and method for minimizing lost circulation
AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Ames Leonard, Catalin D. Ivan
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AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Ames Leonard, Catalin D. Ivan
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A system and method is provided for minimizing lost circulation associated with the operation of a subterranean reservoir. The system includes one or more sources, such as earth modeling and fracture analysis tools, for providing data representative of a fracture formation in the reservoir, and a computer processor in communication with the data sources for determining an appropriate blend of lost circulation material products for application to the fracture formation. The computer processor is programmed with computer readable code for selecting a plurality of candidate products for application to the fracture formation, and for mathematically determining an optimized blend of the selected products. By applying the optimized blend, material and labor costs associated with well operation can be significantly reduced.
A system for minimizing lost circulation associated with the operation of a subterranean reservoir, the reservoir having a fracture formation contributing to the lost circulation, the system comprising:
A computer-implemented method for minimizing lost circulation associated with the operation of a subterranean reservoir, the reservoir having a fracture formation contributing to the lost circulation, the method comprising:
A computer program product, comprising computer usable media having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for minimizing lost circulation associated with operation of a subterranean reservoir, the method comprising:
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