Method of determining fracture parameters for heterogenous formations
Patent
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OSTI ID:5117093
This patent describes a method of determining the parameters of a full scale fracturing treatment of a subterranean formation. It comprises injecting fluid into a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation to generate a fracture in the formation; measuring the pressure of the fluid in the fracture over time; determining a leak-off exponent that characterizes the rate at which the fluid leaks off into the formation as a function of time; determining parameters of a fracturing treatment including fracture length and width using the leak-off exponent.
- Assignee:
- Halliburton Co., Duncan, OK (USA)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5005643; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-522427
- OSTI ID:
- 5117093
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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