Wellbore hydraulic fracturing through a pump operating in a damage avoidance mode

A method for conducting a hydraulic fracturing job in a subterranean formation using a pump, the method comprising:

• selecting a fluid pump of known operating pump capacity, wherein the operating pump capacity is measurable in barrels per minute;
• fluidly connecting the pump with a cased wellbore in a subterranean formation for providing pumped fracturing fluid to the wellbore;
• wherein the wellbore has at least one passage through a casing of the wellbore and each passage has a known rate range within which fracturing fluid is required to be provided to the passage to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the passage, through the passage;
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• wherein the wellbore that is fluidly connected to the pump is configured so that the pump provides fracturing fluid to each of the passages within the known rate range of the respective passage to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the passage while operating the pump in a damage avoidance mode.

A system for conducting a hydraulic fracturing job in a subterranean formation using a pump, the system comprising:

• a fluid pump of known operating pump capacity, wherein the operating pump capacity is measureable in barrels per minute;
• one or more fluid couplings that fluidly connect the pump with a cased wellbore in a subterranean formation for providing pumped fracturing fluid to the wellbore;
• wherein the wellbore 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;
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• wherein the wellbore that is fluidly connected to the pump is configured so that the pump provides fracturing fluid to each perforation within the known rate range of the respective perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the perforation while operating the pump in a damage avoidance mode.