Method and system for hydraulic fracture diagnosis with the use of a coiled tubing dual isolation service tool
View Patent ↗A hydraulic fracture diagnostic system for reservoir evaluation of a high angle wellbore includes a coiled tubing string that extends from the surface to a location within a wellbore. The system includes a sensor and a pump connected to the coiled tubing string. A tool having at least two packing elements and a port positioned between the packing elements is connected to the coiled tubing string. The coiled tubing string positions the tool adjacent a fracture. The packing elements isolate the fracture and the port is configured to provide communication with the isolated portion of the wellbore. A diagnostic method includes pumping a volume of fluid from the isolated portion of a wellbore using a coiled tubing string and monitoring the pressure within the coiled tubing string. Pressure within the coiled tubing string may also be monitored after injection of fluid into the isolated wellbore through the coiled tubing string.
1. A diagnostic method comprising:
displacing fluid within an interior of a coiled tubing string with fluid having a measured density;
setting at least two packing elements to isolate a portion of a wellbore;
pumping a predetermined volume of fluid from the isolated portion of the wellbore into the interior of the coiled tubing string;
monitoring a pressure within the coiled tubing string;
recording a change in pressure and time until the pressure within the coiled tubing string is stabilized; and
injecting the predetermined volume of fluid into the isolated portion of the wellbore, the fluid being injected from the interior of the coiled tubing into the isolated portion of the wellbore.
2. The diagnostic method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring the pressure within the coiled tubing string and recording the change in pressure over time until the pressure within the coiled tubing string is stabilized, after injecting the predetermined volume of fluid into the isolated portion of the wellbore.
3. The diagnostic method of claim 2 , further comprising determining at least one characteristic of the formation traversed by the wellbore from the change in pressure over time.
4. The diagnostic method of claim 2 , further comprising unsetting the two packing elements.
5. The diagnostic method of claim 4 , further comprising running a tool into the wellbore connected to the coiled tubing string prior to displacing fluid in the coiled tubing string, the tool comprising the at least two packing elements and a flow port in communication with the interior of the coiled tubing string positioned between the at least two packing elements.
6. The diagnostic method of claim 5 , further comprising moving the tool to a second location within the wellbore to be isolated after unsetting the at least two packing elements.