IP Library Granted Patent US 9,556,720
Granted Patent B2
US 9,556,720 · App. 13/338,732 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

System and method for performing downhole stimulation operations

Inventors: Hitoshi Onda (Houston, TX); Utpal Ganguly (Sugar Land, TX); Xiaowei Weng (Katy, TX)
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
E21B43/25E21B43/26E21B49/00E21B43/17
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Patent No.
US 9,556,720
App. No.
13/338,732
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for performing stimulation operations at a wellsite having a subterranean formation with of a reservoir therein is provided. The method involves generating a plurality of quality indicators from a plurality of logs, and combining the plurality of quality indicators to form a composite quality indicator. The composite quality indicator may be combined with a stress log to form a combined stress and composite quality indicator, the combined stress and composite quality indicator comprising a plurality of blocks with boundaries therebetween. The method may further comprise identifying classifications for the plurality of blocks; defining stages along the combined stress and composite quality indicator based on the classifications; and selectively positioning perforations in select stages based on the classifications thereon.

Claims (15)

1. A method for staging a stimulation operation for a wellsite having a reservoir positioned in a subterranean formation, comprising:

generating from measured wellsite data, a plurality of quality indicators from a plurality of logs;

using modeling techniques to combine the plurality of quality indicators to form a composite quality indicator;

using modeling techniques to combine the composite quality indicator with a stress log to form a combined stress and composite quality indicator, the combined stress and composite quality indicator comprising a plurality of blocks with boundaries therebetween;

identifying classifications for the plurality of blocks;

defining stages along the combined stress and composite quality indicator based on the classifications; and

perforating a wellbore at select stages based on the classifications thereon.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating comprises measuring downhole parameters with a downhole tool positioned in a wellbore at the wellsite.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating comprises generating a reservoir quality indicator by combining a plurality of reservoir logs and generating a completions quality indicator by combining a plurality of completions logs.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of reservoir logs and the plurality of completions logs comprise a plurality of resistivity logs, permittivity logs, productions logs and combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the classifications comprise one of good, bad and combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selectively adjusting the boundaries.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the selectively adjusting comprises selectively eliminating the plurality of blocks that are less than a minimum stage length.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the selectively adjusting comprises splitting the plurality of blocks having a length greater than a maximum stage length.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the selectively adjusting comprises selectively shifting boundaries based on the classifications.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2012
From: ONDA, HITOSHI; GANGULY, UTPAL; WENG, XIAOWEI
To: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027961/0174 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 11936344 · Nov 7, 2007
Provisional Application 61460372 · Dec 30, 2010
Provisional Application 61464134 · Feb 28, 2011
Provisional Application 60887008 · Jan 29, 2007
Related Publication 20120185225A1 · Jul 19, 2012