CA2482943A1 - Means and method for assessing the geometry of a subterranean fracture during or after a hydraulic fracturing treatment - Google Patents

Means and method for assessing the geometry of a subterranean fracture during or after a hydraulic fracturing treatment Download PDF

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CA2482943A1
CA2482943A1 CA002482943A CA2482943A CA2482943A1 CA 2482943 A1 CA2482943 A1 CA 2482943A1 CA 002482943 A CA002482943 A CA 002482943A CA 2482943 A CA2482943 A CA 2482943A CA 2482943 A1 CA2482943 A1 CA 2482943A1
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Stuart Jardine
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    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
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    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/25—Methods for stimulating production
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The present invention relates to methods of fracturing a subterranean formation including the step of pumping at least one device actively transmitting data that provide information on the device position, and further comprising the step of assessing the fracture geometry based on the positions of said at least one device or pumping metallic elements, preferably as proppant agents, and further locating the position of said metallic elements with a tool selected from the group consisting of magnetometers, resistivity tools, electromagnetic devices and ultra-long arrays of electrodes. The invention allows monitoring of the fracture geometry and proppant placement.

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1. A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising injecting a fracturing fluid, into a hydraulic fracture created into a subterranean formation, wherein at least a portion of the fracturing fluid comprises at least one device actively transmitting data that provide information on the device position, and further comprising the step of assessing the fracture geometry based on the positions of said devices.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said devices are selected from the group including electronic devices and acoustic devices.
3. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein at least one device is pumped during the pad stage and at least one device is pumped during the tail portion.
4. The method according to any of the preceding claims wherein said devices also transmit information as to the temperature of the surrounding formation.
5. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said devices also transmit information as to the pressure.
6. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein a plurality of devices is injected, said devices organized in a wireless network.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein the devices are electronic transmitters and the method further includes the deployment of at least an antenna.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein antennas are mounted on non-conductive balls that are pumped with the fluid and seat in soiree of the perforations relaying the signals from sensors behind the casing wall.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the antenna is trailed by the transmitter within the fracture while the transmitter is pumped.
10. The method of claim 1, where the device is an optical fiber deployed through the perforation.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the optical fiber is further deployed through the fracture.
12. A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising injecting a fracturing fluid, into a hydraulic fracture created into a subterranean formation, wherein at least a portion of the fracturing fluid comprises metallic elements and further comprising the step of locating the position of said metallic elements with a tool selected from the group consisting of magnetometers, resistivity tools, electromagnetic devices and ultra-long arrays of electrodes, wherein said metallic elements comprise elongated particles having a length to equivalent diameter greater than 5.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said metallic elements comprise elongated particles having a length to equivalent diameter greater than 8.
14. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein said elongated particles are in a material selected from the group consisting of iron, ferrite, low carbon steel, stainless steel and iron- alloys.
15. The method of any of claims 12 to 14, wherein said elongated particles have a length of between 1 and 25mm.
16. The method according to any of the preceding,claims, wherein the geometry of the fracture is monitored in real-time during the hydraulic fracturing treatment.
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