US 11,946,363 B2
Calculating energy based net pressure and corresponding discharge area observed during hydraulic stimulation processes
Casey Lee Cox, Midland, TX (US); Kenneth Lee Borgen, Midland, TX (US); Russell James Padalecki, Midland, TX (US); and Nathan Taylor Crawford, Midland, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,753.
Application 17/729,753 is a division of application No. 16/809,379, filed on Mar. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,339,647.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251942 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 47/08 (2012.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G01V 20/00 (2024.01)
CPC E21B 47/10 (2013.01) [E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/08 (2013.01); G01V 20/00 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining net pressure energy and discharge area in hydraulic stimulation operations comprising:
commencing the hydraulic stimulation operations to create one or more fractures in a subterranean formation;
obtaining one or more treatment data inputs from one or more instruments at a well system;
retrieving wellbore configuration information;
determining one or more hydraulic stimulation diagnostic data outputs for a hydraulic stimulation operation based on the wellbore configuration information and the one or more treatment data inputs, wherein the one or more hydraulic stimulation diagnostic data outputs comprises a discharge area determined in terms of volumetric flow rate of a fracturing fluid, wherein the discharge area is a total area of all downhole exits through which the fracturing fluid exits a wellbore into the subterranean formation;
determining a discharge efficiency based at least partially on the discharge area and a physically available discharge area; and
storing the discharge area and the discharge efficiency on one or more tangible, non-volatile computer-readable media thereby creating a discharge efficiency product.