CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) [E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05); E21B 49/0875 (2020.05); E21B 2200/08 (2020.05); G06F 2119/14 (2020.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of selecting well plugs and/or wellbore conditions for use at a wellbore location, the method comprising:
(a) defining a set of wellbore conditions for the wellbore location;
(b) defining plug properties which include dissolution time properties;
(c) creating an analysis of a physical and chemical model generated from the set of wellbore conditions and plug properties to determine dissolution properties for the proposed plug at the wellbore location, wherein the dissolution properties include at least one of the seal times for which the proposed plug can maintain a seal with the plug seat to hold pressure and the dissolution time until the plug is dissolved sufficiently to pass through the plug seat;
(d) determining whether the dissolution properties meet the needs of a wellbore operation; and
(e) selecting a plug and wellbore conditions for the plug to use at the well location for the wellbore operation based on steps (a) through (d).
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