CPC E21B 44/005 (2013.01) [E21B 34/10 (2013.01); E21B 43/267 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/09 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of mitigating wellbore screen-out for a wellbore, the method comprising:
automatically determining an onset of wellbore screen-out when a time it takes for an upward trend of corrected pressure data of hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic fracturing well site to reach a maximum allowable pressure of the hydraulic fluid, relative to a time required to move one wellbore volume of the hydraulic fluid at a present slurry rate, is less than a value based on a current condition of a fracturing operation;
selecting at least one type of mitigation action based on the automatic determination of the onset of the wellbore screen-out; and
mitigating the wellbore screen-out with the selected at least one type of mitigation action.
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