US 2019/0292884 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURE AND RESERVOIR SIMULATION

Abstract

Provided herein are systems and methods for modeling and simulating reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracturing. The systems and methods provided herein may facilitate well life cycle simulation by integrating a three-dimensional model representative of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir. The systems and methods may couple fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir during injection and extraction with propagation of fractures through subsurface materials during fluid injection. Integrated three-dimensional reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracture simulation may be useful for the design of hydraulic fracture treatments and prediction of future reservoir production.

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Dependent claims

-55. (canceled)

A system for determining hydraulic fracture treatment of a production well, comprising:

a server in communication with a user device configured to permit a user to simulate, in three-dimensions (3-D), a wellbore and reservoir of a production well, wherein the server comprises:
(i) a memory for storing a set of software instructions, and (ii) one or more processors configured to execute the set of software instructions to:
receive one or more input parameters comprising (1) hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of a calibration well, (2) geological data from an area containing the calibration well, (3) data from one or more sensors disposed at the calibration well, or (4) production data of oil or gas from the calibration well;
provide to the user device an integrated 3-D model of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the calibration well;
receive from the user device one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well;
input the one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well into the integrated 3-D model to generate an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well;
and
display, on the user device, an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well,
wherein the integrated 3-D model and integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing comprise explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit or implicit time stepping, respectively.

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A system for determining hydraulic fracture treatment of a production well, comprising:

one or more processors;
a graphical user interface communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
and
a memory, communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the graphical user interface, including instructions executable by the one or more processors, individually or collectively, to implement and to present on the graphical user interface a method for determining hydraulic fracture treatment, the method comprising:
(a) receiving, from a user via the graphical user interface, one or more input parameters comprising (i) hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of a calibration well, (ii) geological data from an area containing the calibration well, (iii) data from one or more sensors disposed at the calibration well, or (iv) production data of oil or gas from the calibration well;
(b) providing, to the user on the graphical user interface, an integrated three-dimensional (3-D) model of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the calibration well;
(c) receiving, from the user via the graphical user interface, one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well;
(d) inputting the one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well into the integrated 3-D model to generate an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well;
and
(e) displaying, to the user on the graphical user interface, the integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well,
wherein the integrated 3-D model and integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing comprise explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit or implicit time stepping, respectively.

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A method for determining hydraulic fracture treatment of a production well, comprising:

(a) providing one or more input parameters comprising (i) hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of a calibration well, (ii) geological data from an area containing the calibration well, (iii) data from one or more sensors disposed at the calibration well, or (iv) production data of oil or gas from the calibration well to one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are communicatively coupled to a graphical user interface and a memory including instructions executable by the one or more processors;
(b) generating an integrated three-dimensional (3-D) model representative of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the calibration well, wherein the integrated 3-D model comprises explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit and implicit time stepping, respectively;
(c) providing one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well to the one or more processors;
(d) inputting the one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well into the integrated 3-D model to generate an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well, wherein the integrated 3-D simulation comprises explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit and implicit time stepping, respectively;
and
(e) displaying, on the graphical user interface, an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/359,498Filed 20 Mar 2019

Priority

21 Mar 2018

Published

26 Sep 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

G06F 30/28
Design optimisation, verification or simulation: using fluid dynamics, e.g. using Navier-Stokes equations or computational fluid dynamics [CFD]
E21B 41/00
Equipment or details not covered by groups e21b15/00 - e21b40/00
E21B 43/26
Methods for stimulating production: by forming crevices or fractures
E21B 47/11
Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements: using tracers; using radioactivity

Abstract

Claims21

Dependent claims

-55. (canceled)

A system for determining hydraulic fracture treatment of a production well, comprising:

a server in communication with a user device configured to permit a user to simulate, in three-dimensions (3-D), a wellbore and reservoir of a production well, wherein the server comprises:
(i) a memory for storing a set of software instructions, and (ii) one or more processors configured to execute the set of software instructions to:
receive one or more input parameters comprising (1) hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of a calibration well, (2) geological data from an area containing the calibration well, (3) data from one or more sensors disposed at the calibration well, or (4) production data of oil or gas from the calibration well;
provide to the user device an integrated 3-D model of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the calibration well;
receive from the user device one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well;
input the one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well into the integrated 3-D model to generate an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well;
and
display, on the user device, an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well,
wherein the integrated 3-D model and integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing comprise explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit or implicit time stepping, respectively.

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A system for determining hydraulic fracture treatment of a production well, comprising:

one or more processors;
a graphical user interface communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
and
a memory, communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the graphical user interface, including instructions executable by the one or more processors, individually or collectively, to implement and to present on the graphical user interface a method for determining hydraulic fracture treatment, the method comprising:
(a) receiving, from a user via the graphical user interface, one or more input parameters comprising (i) hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of a calibration well, (ii) geological data from an area containing the calibration well, (iii) data from one or more sensors disposed at the calibration well, or (iv) production data of oil or gas from the calibration well;
(b) providing, to the user on the graphical user interface, an integrated three-dimensional (3-D) model of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the calibration well;
(c) receiving, from the user via the graphical user interface, one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well;
(d) inputting the one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well into the integrated 3-D model to generate an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well;
and
(e) displaying, to the user on the graphical user interface, the integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well,
wherein the integrated 3-D model and integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing comprise explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit or implicit time stepping, respectively.

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A method for determining hydraulic fracture treatment of a production well, comprising:

(a) providing one or more input parameters comprising (i) hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of a calibration well, (ii) geological data from an area containing the calibration well, (iii) data from one or more sensors disposed at the calibration well, or (iv) production data of oil or gas from the calibration well to one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are communicatively coupled to a graphical user interface and a memory including instructions executable by the one or more processors;
(b) generating an integrated three-dimensional (3-D) model representative of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the calibration well, wherein the integrated 3-D model comprises explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit and implicit time stepping, respectively;
(c) providing one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well to the one or more processors;
(d) inputting the one or more hydraulic fracture treatment conditions for the production well into the integrated 3-D model to generate an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well, wherein the integrated 3-D simulation comprises explicit components and implicit components that are treated with explicit and implicit time stepping, respectively;
and
(e) displaying, on the graphical user interface, an integrated 3-D simulation of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir of the production well.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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