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US 11,624,277 · App. 17/380,752 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Determining fracture driven interactions between wellbores

Inventor: Erica Wilhelmina Catharina Coenen (Spring, TX)

Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.

E21B47/06 E21B43/26 G01V99/005

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Patent No.: US 11,624,277
App. No.: 17/380,752
Granted: Apr 11, 2023
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Techniques for determining a fracture driven interaction include identifying pressure response data from one or more pressure sensors that are in direct fluid communication with a fluid at least partially enclosed within one or more monitor wellbores formed from a terranean surface to one or more subterranean formations; calculating at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data; determining the fracture driven interaction between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value; and preparing a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface.

Claims (164)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying, with one or more hardware processors, pressure response data from one or more pressure sensors, each of the one or more pressure sensors in direct fluid communication with a fluid at least partially enclosed within one or more monitor wellbores formed from a terranean surface to one or more subterranean formations, the pressure response data comprising a recordable change in pressure of the fluid in response to a hydraulic fracturing treatment in a treatment wellbore formed from the terranean formation to initiate one or more hydraulic fractures from the treatment wellbore into the one or more subterranean formations;

calculating, with the one or more hardware processors, at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data, the at least one pressure response value comprising a ratio of a first pressure change from the pressure response data to a second pressure change of the pressure response data, and the second pressure change comprises a difference in pressure of the fluid at a second time subsequent to a first time and a trend line pressure of the fluid, and the first time comprises a treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment, and the treatment end time comprises a shut-in time of the treatment wellbore;

preparing, with the one or more hardware processors, a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one pressure response value comprises a dimensionless value that represents a pressure ratio.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first pressure change comprises a difference in pressure of the fluid at the first time and the trend line pressure of the fluid.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second time comprises a time subsequent to the treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the time subsequent to the treatment end time comprises a time in which a slope of a pressure curve of the recordable change in pressure of the fluid is substantially equal to a slope of a pressure curve of the trend line pressure.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one pressure response value is between 0 and 1.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a direct fluid communication based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.5.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the direct fluid communication based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.5 comprises:

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the direct fluid communication based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.3.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a fluid migration based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0.5 and 1.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the fluid migration based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0.5 and 1 comprises:

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid comprises a maximum pressure increase of the fluid over a first time duration between a treatment start time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment and the treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid comprises a maximum pressure increase of the fluid over a second time duration between the treatment start time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment and the treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the first time duration comprises about 60 seconds, and the second time duration comprises about 10 minutes.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment comprises:

the short term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 5% of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 30% of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment comprises:

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment comprises:

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a poroelastic response based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.5 and at least one of:

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the poroelastic response comprises:

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the poroelastic response based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value about 0 and at least one of:

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a null response based at least in part on the recordable change in pressure of the fluid in response to the hydraulic fracturing treatment being about zero relative to a trend line pressure of the fluid.

20. A computing system, comprising:

one or more memory modules; and

one or more hardware processors communicably coupled to the one or more memory modules and configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memory modules to perform operations comprising:

identifying pressure response data from one or more pressure sensors, each of the one or more pressure sensors in direct fluid communication with a fluid at least partially enclosed within one or more monitor wellbores formed from a terranean surface to one or more subterranean formations, the pressure response data comprising a recordable change in pressure of the fluid in response to a hydraulic fracturing treatment in a treatment wellbore formed from the terranean formation to initiate one or more hydraulic fractures from the treatment wellbore into the one or more subterranean formations;

calculating at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data the at least one pressure response value comprising a ratio of a first pressure change from the pressure response data to a second pressure change of the pressure response data, and the second pressure change comprises a difference in pressure of the fluid at a second time subsequent to a first time and a trend line pressure of the fluid, and the first time comprises a treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment, and the treatment end time comprises a shut-in time of the treatment wellbore;

preparing a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

21. The computing system of claim 20 , wherein the at least one pressure response value comprises a dimensionless value that represents a pressure ratio.

22. The computing system of claim 20 , wherein the first pressure change comprises a difference in pressure of the fluid at the first time and the trend line pressure of the fluid.

23. The computing system of claim 20 , wherein the second time comprises a time subsequent to the treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment.

24. The computing system of claim 23 , wherein the time subsequent to the treatment end time comprises a time in which a slope of a pressure curve of the recordable change in pressure of the fluid is substantially equal to a slope of a pressure curve of the trend line pressure.

25. The computing system of claim 20 , wherein the at least one pressure response value is between 0 and 1.

26. The computing system of claim 25 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a direct fluid communication based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.5.

27. The computing system of claim 26 , wherein determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the direct fluid communication based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.5 comprises:

determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the direct fluid communication based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.3.

28. The computing system of claim 25 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a fluid migration based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0.5 and 1.

29. The computing system of claim 28 , wherein determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the fluid migration based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0.5 and 1 comprises:

30. The computing system of claim 20 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment.

31. The computing system of claim 30 , wherein the short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid comprises a maximum pressure increase of the fluid over a first time duration between a treatment start time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment and the treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment.

32. The computing system of claim 30 , wherein the long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid comprises a maximum pressure increase of the fluid over a second time duration between the treatment start time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment and the treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment.

33. The computing system of claim 32 , wherein the first time duration comprises about 60 seconds, and the second time duration comprises about 10 minutes.

34. The computing system of claim 30 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment comprises:

the short term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 5% of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 30% of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

35. The computing system of claim 30 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment comprises:

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

36. The computing system of claim 30 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment comprises:

determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a poroelastic response based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value being between 0 and 0.5 and at least one of:

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

37. The computing system of claim 36 , wherein determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the poroelastic response comprises:

determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is the poroelastic response based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value about 0 and at least one of:

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time.

38. The computing system of claim 20 , wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises:

determining that the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores is a null response based at least in part on the recordable change in pressure of the fluid in response to the hydraulic fracturing treatment being about zero relative to a trend line pressure of the fluid.

39. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

calculating, with the one or more hardware processors, at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data, the at least one pressure response value comprising a ratio of a first pressure change from the pressure response data to a second pressure change of the pressure response data, and the second pressure change comprises a difference in pressure of the fluid at a second time subsequent to a first time and a trend line pressure of the fluid, and the first time comprises a treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment, and the time subsequent to the treatment end time comprises a time in which a slope of a pressure curve of the recordable change in pressure of the fluid is substantially equal to a slope of a pressure curve of the trend line pressure;

preparing, with the one or more hardware processors, a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

40. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

calculating, with the one or more hardware processors, at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment, the long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid comprising a maximum pressure increase of the fluid over a second time duration between a treatment start time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment and a treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment, and the first time duration comprises about 60 seconds, and the second time duration comprises about 10 minutes; and

preparing, with the one or more hardware processors, a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

41. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

calculating, with the one or more hardware processors, at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, a fracture driven interaction (FDI) between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value, wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises determining, with the one or more hardware processors, the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment, where the determining further comprises:

the short term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 5% of a total pressure increase of the fluid between a treatment start time and a treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 30% of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time; and

preparing, with the one or more hardware processors, a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

42. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

calculating, with the one or more hardware processors, at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between a treatment start time and a treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time; and

preparing, with the one or more hardware processors, a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

43. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

calculating, with the one or more hardware processors, at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between a treatment start time and a treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time; and

preparing, with the one or more hardware processors, a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

44. A computing system, comprising:

one or more memory modules; and

calculating at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data, the at least one pressure response value comprising a ratio of a first pressure change from the pressure response data to a second pressure change of the pressure response data, and the second pressure change comprises a difference in pressure of the fluid at a second time subsequent to a first time and a trend line pressure of the fluid, and the first time comprises a treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment, and the time subsequent to the treatment end time comprises a time in which a slope of a pressure curve of the recordable change in pressure of the fluid is substantially equal to a slope of a pressure curve of the trend line pressure;

preparing a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

45. A computing system, comprising:

one or more memory modules; and

calculating at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

determining, with the one or more hardware processors, the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment, the long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid comprising a maximum pressure increase of the fluid over a second time duration between the treatment start time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment and the treatment end time of the hydraulic fracturing treatment, and the first time duration comprises about 60 seconds, and the second time duration comprises about 10 minutes; and

preparing a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

46. A computing system, comprising:

one or more memory modules; and

calculating at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

determining a fracture driven interaction (FDI) between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value, wherein determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based at least in part on the calculated at least one pressure response value comprises determining the FDI between the treatment wellbore and at least one of the one or more monitor wellbores based on the calculated at least one pressure response value and at least one of a short term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment or a long term recordable change in pressure of the fluid during the hydraulic fracturing treatment, the determining comprising:

the short term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 5% of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being greater than about 30% of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time; and

preparing a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

47. A computing system, comprising:

one or more memory modules; and

calculating at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time; and

preparing a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

48. A computing system, comprising:

one or more memory modules; and

calculating at least one pressure response value from the pressure response data;

the short term recordable change in pressure being about 5% or less of a total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time, or

the long term recordable change in pressure being about 30% or less of the total pressure increase of the fluid between the treatment start time and the treatment end time; and

preparing a graphic representation of the determined FDI for display on a graphical user interface (GUI).

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2021

From: COENEN, ERICA WILHELMINA CATHARINA

To: REVEAL ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

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