US 11,867,047 B2
Workflow to evaluate the time-dependent proppant embedment induced by fracturing fluid penetration
Yanhui Han, Houston, TX (US); and Feng Liang, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,030.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399932 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/267 (2013.01) [E21B 49/006 (2013.01); E21B 49/008 (2013.01); E21B 49/087 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining a permeability of a hydraulic fracture, comprising:
obtaining formation parameters and a plurality of formation samples;
dividing the plurality of formation samples into a first group and a second group;
measuring mechanical and hydraulic properties of the first group;
soaking the second group in a fracturing fluid for a plurality of time periods, wherein soaking the second group in the fracturing fluid further comprising soaking the second group in a plurality of different fracturing fluids;
measuring, after each soaking time period, the mechanical and hydraulic properties of the second group;
building, using a computer processor, a proppant-rock interaction model based, at least in part, on the mechanical and hydraulic properties of the first group and the second group; and
determining, using the computer processor, the permeability of a hydraulic fracture based, at least in part, on the proppant-rock interaction model and the formation parameters.