Measuring hydraulic fracture width behind casing using radioactive proppant
Conference
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OSTI ID:272860
Knowing the width of hydraulic fracture behind casing can be useful in evaluating both reservoir performance and fracture design methods. This paper presents a method to obtain the widths of hydraulic fractures behind casing using radioactive, isotope-traced proppants. A tool-specific relationship between the gamma ray flux detected in a wellbore and the fracture width was developed using Monte Carlo simulation of gamma ray transport around a wellbore. This method provides fracture width estimates with a vertical resolution of about one foot. The method has been successfully used in the field and compares favorably with other methods for evaluating fracture widths.
- OSTI ID:
- 272860
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960441-; TRN: 96:003404-0003
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SPE mid-continent gas symposium: from the reservoir to the burner tip, Amarillo, TX (United States), 28-30 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Mid-continent gas symposium; PB: 173 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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