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Granted Patent B2
US 10,253,626 · App. 15/489,364 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Predicting properties of well bore treatment fluids

Inventors: Lucas D. Albrighton (Denver, CO); Herron J. Kennedy (Brighton, CO)
Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
E21B49/088C09K8/02C09K8/40C09K8/424C09K8/601C09K8/62C09K8/72E21B47/0003E21B47/042E21B49/008G01N3/12G01N15/0826G01N29/02G01N29/222G01N30/38E21B2049/085G01N2011/006
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Patent No.
US 10,253,626
App. No.
15/489,364
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for predicting properties of well bore treatment fluids are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method of predicting fluid properties comprising: determining an operational window for a well bore fluid system; collecting data at vertices of the operational window; and developing a model comprising predicted properties for a plurality of data points within the operational window, wherein developing the model uses Barycentric interpolation.

Claims (25)

1. A method of servicing a well bore comprising:

determining an operational window for a well bore fluid system, wherein three or more vertices are selected that define boundary conditions for the well bore fluid system;

dividing the operational window into sub-windows;

conducting a lab test to collect data at the three or more vertices of the operational window; and

developing a model with a computer system, wherein the model is based at least in part on the data, wherein the model comprises predicted properties for a plurality of data points within the operational window, wherein developing the model uses Barycentric interpolation;

providing an optimized spacer fluid composition, wherein the optimized spacer fluid composition is based, at least in part, on the model developed using Barycentric interpolation, and wherein the optimized spacer fluid composition is optimized based on rheology;

preparing the optimized spacer fluid composition; and

introducing the optimized spacer fluid composition into a well bore.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimized spacer fluid composition is introduced into a well bore between a cement composition and a drilling fluid.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two or more boundary conditions comprise mass ratio of weighting additive to water and mass ratio of viscosifier to water.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operational window comprises a triangular, two-dimensional window.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operational window is defined as follows:

Vertex 1 (x1, y1), Vertex 2 (x2, y2), and Vertex 3 (x3, y3), wherein x is a first boundary condition for the well bore fluid system and y is a second boundary condition for the well bore fluid system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein data from the well bore, comprising data points, is sent to a processor that is coupled to memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive the data from the well bore and develop the model using Barycentric interpolation, the model comprising predicted properties for a plurality of data points within an operational window of the treatment fluid.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operational window comprises two or more boundary conditions for the treatment fluid.

8. A method of servicing a well bore comprising:

providing an optimized spacer fluid composition, wherein the optimized spacer fluid composition is based, at least in part, on a model developed using Barycentric interpolation, and wherein the optimized spacer fluid composition is optimized based on rheology;

preparing the optimized spacer fluid composition; and

introducing the optimized spacer fluid composition into a well bore;

wherein the model is based at least in part on data collected at three or more vertices of an operational window defined by boundary conditions for the optimized spacer fluid, wherein the model comprises predicted properties for a plurality of data points within the operational window.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the optimized spacer fluid composition is introduced into a well bore between a cement composition and a drilling fluid.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the two or more boundary conditions comprise mass ratio of weighting additive to water and mass ratio of viscosifier to water.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the operational window comprises a triangular, two-dimensional window.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the operational window is defined as follows:

Vertex 1 (x1, y1), Vertex 2 (x2, y2), and Vertex 3 (x3, y3), wherein x is a first boundary condition for the optimized spacer fluid composition and y is a second boundary condition for the optimized spacer fluid composition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2017
From: ALBRIGHTON, LUCAS D.; KENNEDY, HERRON J.
To: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Division 13945136 · Jul 18, 2013
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