CPC E21B 49/00 (2013.01) [E21B 43/2607 (2020.05); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); G01V 20/00 (2024.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G01V 2210/646 (2013.01)] | 31 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method for determining a proppant-area of a hydraulic fracture, comprising:
identifying a fracture fluid leak-off curve that comprises a plurality of time-dependent pressure signal values of a fluid in a first wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, each of the plurality of time-dependent pressure signal values comprising a pressure change in the fluid in the first wellbore that is induced by formation of a hydraulic fracture from a second wellbore in the subsurface formation by a hydraulic fracturing fluid that comprises proppant;
determining a time value corresponding to one of the plurality of time-dependent pressure signal values, the time value associated with proppant landing time in the hydraulic fracture;
determining a plurality of extrapolated time-dependent pressure signal values based on, and prior to, the determined time value;
generating at least one curve that comprises the plurality of extrapolated time-dependent pressure signal values;
determining an intersection of the fracture fluid leak-off curve and the generated at least one curve;
determining a particular time-dependent pressure signal value at the intersection;
based on the determined particular time-dependent pressure signal value, determining a proppant-area dimension of the hydraulic fracture formed from the second wellbore; and
determining the proppant-area of the hydraulic fracture based on the determined proppant-area dimension of the hydraulic fracture; and
generating one or more graphical representations of the determined proppant-area of the second hydraulic fracture for output to a graphical user interface (GUI).
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