System and method for hydraulic fracture propagation
AssigneeExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
InventorsRipudaman MANCHANDA, Timothy G. BENISH
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Abstract
A method involves propagating hydraulic fractures in a reservoir. Such method includes creating a low pressure region in an attractor well. The attractor well is proximate to an area in which hydraulic fractures are desired. The method also includes initiating a hydraulic fracturing operation at a treatment well. The hydraulic fracturing operation is initiated so that a fracture network created by the hydraulic fracturing operation is drawn to propagate toward the low pressure region of the attractor well.
Claims20
A method for propagating hydraulic fractures in a reservoir, comprising:
- creating a low pressure region in an attractor well, the attractor well being proximate to an area in which hydraulic fractures are desired;
- and
- initiating a hydraulic fracturing operation at a treatment well so that a fracture network created by the hydraulic fracturing operation is drawn to propagate toward the low pressure region of the attractor well.
A well system, comprising:
- an attractor well having a low pressure region created therein, the attractor well being proximate to an area in which hydraulic fractures are desired;
- and
- a treatment well at which a hydraulic fracturing operation is initiated so that a fracture network created by the hydraulic fracturing operation is drawn to propagate toward the low pressure region of the attractor well.
A well system, comprising:
- an attractor well having a low pressure region created therein, the attractor well being proximate to an area in which hydraulic fractures are desired;
- a treatment well at which a hydraulic fracturing operation is initiated so that a fracture network created by the hydraulic fracturing operation is drawn to propagate toward the low pressure region of the attractor well;
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- a computing system that calculates an aspect of the fracture network to provide an input to a subsequent hydraulic fracturing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.