US 12,104,481 B2
Automatic real time screen-out mitigation
Srividhya Sridhar, Houston, TX (US); Joseph Andrew Romani, Denver, CO (US); and Dinesh Ananda Shetty, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,045.
Prior Publication US 2023/0383639 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.