Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Computational model for tracking ball sealers in a wellbore
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Application No.: US14427201Application Date: 2014-05-02
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Publication No.: US09670769B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Srinath Madasu , Avi Lin
- Applicant: Haliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/036624 WO 20140502
- International Announcement: WO2015/167584 WO 20151105
- Main IPC: E21B47/09
- IPC: E21B47/09 ; E21B33/02 ; E21B33/13 ; G06F17/10 ; G06F17/50 ; E21B33/138

Abstract:
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of computational modeling for tracking ball sealers in a wellbore is disclosed. The method may include, for a time step, calculating a number of ball sealers to inject into a wellbore, injecting the ball sealers, determining a length of the wellbore occupied by a fluid, and computing a spacing between each ball sealer in the length of the wellbore occupied by the fluid. The method may include calculating a first position of a ball sealer, determining a velocity the ball sealer, and computing a second position of the ball sealer. The method may include recording a number of active ball sealers and open perforations in the wellbore, calculating a ball sealer skin per division, and determining a fluid flow rate. The method may include selecting parameters for a stimulation operation in the wellbore based on the fluid flow rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160130933A1 Computational Model for Tracking Ball Sealers in a Wellbore Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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