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US 11,686,192 · App. 17/308,861 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Methods and systems for processing time-series well data to identify events, correlate events, and alter operations based thereon

Inventor: Jessica G. Iriarte Lopez (Denver, CO)
Assignee: Well Data Labs, Inc.
E21B47/06E21B43/267E21B47/13G06F17/15
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Patent No.
US 11,686,192
App. No.
17/308,861
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

Certain aspects are directed towards systems and techniques for identifying fracture driven interactions. One example method generally includes: accessing well data comprising a series of well data parameters of a first well corresponding to a time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured; accessing well data comprising a series of pressure values for a second well offset from the first well, the series of pressure values corresponding to the time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured; identifying a time for an event from the series of well data parameters; identifying an offset pressure increase in the series of pressure values for the second well; and generating an indication of fracture driven interaction when the offset pressure increase is within a threshold of the event.

Claims (19)

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the following:

access well data comprising a series of well data parameters of a first well including at least one of a series of treating pressure values, a series of slurry rate values or a series of proppant concentration values, the series of well data parameters of the first well corresponding to a time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured;

access well data comprising a series of pressure values for a second well offset from the first well, the series of pressure values corresponding to the time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured;

identify a time for an event from the series of well data parameters;

identify an offset pressure increase in the series of pressure values for the second well; and

generate an indication of fracture driven interaction between the first well and the second well when the offset pressure increase is within a threshold of the event.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 further comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the following:

preprocess the series of well data parameters of the first well to align the time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured with the series of pressure values of the second well.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein the threshold is a time window.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein the indication of fracture driven interaction is a flag set in a graphical user interface.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 further comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the following:

generate at least one of an indication of a rate of change of treating pressure in the first well associated with the fracture driven interaction or a rate of change of offset pressure in the second well associated with the fracture driven interaction.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 further comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the following:

generate at least one event based on at least one of the series of treating pressure values and the series of pressure values; and

correlate the at least one event with the fracture driven interaction.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein the computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the following:

access a series of slurry rate values of the first well corresponding to a time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured;

access a series of bottomhole proppant concentration values of the first well corresponding to a time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured; and

generate the event from at least one of the series of treating pressure values, the series of slurry rate values or the bottomhole proppant concentration values.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2021
From: IRIARTE LOPEZ, JESSICA G.
To: WELL DATA LABS, INC.
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Continuity (11)
Continuation In Part 16951946 · Nov 18, 2020
Continuation In Part 16931288 · Jul 16, 2020
Continuation In Part 16850972 · Apr 16, 2020
Continuation In Part 17308861
Continuation In Part 16850972 · Apr 16, 2020
Provisional Application 63020360 · May 5, 2020
Provisional Application 62953020 · Dec 23, 2019
Provisional Application 62937068 · Nov 18, 2019
Provisional Application 62874864 · Jul 16, 2019
Provisional Application 62874951 · Jul 16, 2019
Provisional Application 62834841 · Apr 16, 2019