System and method for performing downhole stimulation operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10087722-B2
Application number	US-201514819659-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2015
Priority date	Jan 29, 2007
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A system and method for performing stimulation operations at a wellsite having a subterranean formation with of a reservoir therein is provided. The method involves generating a plurality of quality indicators from a plurality of logs, and combining the plurality of quality indicators to form a composite quality indicator. The plurality of stress blocks may then be merged using diversion criterion. The composite quality indicator may be combined with the merged stress blocks to form a combined stress and composite quality indicator, the combined stress and composite quality indicator comprising a plurality of blocks with boundaries therebetween. The method may further comprise defining stages along the combined stress and composite quality indicator based on the diverter-assisted stage classifications; and selectively positioning perforations in select stages based on the diverter-assisted stage classifications thereon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for staging a stimulation operation for a wellsite having a reservoir positioned in a subterranean formation, comprising:
obtaining a log of at least a portion of a wellbore of the wellsite;
defining a plurality of boundaries at one or more intervals along the log based on stimulation data;
identifying a plurality of pay zones along the wellbore based on the plurality of boundaries;
specifying one or more fracture units along the plurality of pay zones, wherein at least one fracture unit of the one or more fracture units comprises two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones, wherein specifying the one or more fracture units comprises:
performing one or more height growth estimation calculations for the two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones; and
determining whether the two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones overlap based on the one or more height growth estimation calculations;

defining one or more stages along the one or more fracture units;
designing a plurality of perforation locations based on the one or more stages;
designing a diversion treatment configured to divert fluid from a first perforation location of the plurality of perforation locations to a second perforation location of the plurality of perforation locations;
perforating the wellbore at a plurality of locations based on the first perforation location and the second perforation location; and
executing the diversion treatment at the wellsite.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the log comprises measuring at least one parameter along the at least a portion of the wellbore.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir comprises a tight gas sand reservoir.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the log comprises a resistivity log, a permeability log, a porosity log or any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the log comprises a composite log formed from a plurality of logs.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein defining the one or more stages comprises defining the one or more stages based on a minimum net height, a maximum net height, a minimum distance between the one or more stages, or a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein defining the one or more stages comprises defining the one or more stages based on two or more of the minimum net height, the maximum net height, and the minimum distance between the one or more stages.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein specifying the one or more fracture units comprises:
adjusting the two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones based on the one or more height growth estimation calculations to form two or more adjusted pay zones; and
determining whether the two or more adjusted pay zones overlap.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the diversion treatment comprises a quantity of a diverter.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the quantity of diverter is sufficient to plug
a first location of the plurality of locations such that fluid is diverted to a second location of the plurality of locations.

11. A system for staging a stimulation operation for a wellsite having a reservoir positioned in a subterranean formation, comprising:
a downhole tool comprising one or more sensors configured to collect data regarding a wellbore of the wellsite, the reservoir, or both, wherein the downhole tool is configured to perforate the wellbore; and
a stimulation tool configured to:
receive the data from the one or more sensors;
generate a log of at least a portion of the wellbore based on the data from the one or more sensors;
define a plurality of boundaries at one or more intervals along the log based on the data;
identify a plurality of pay zones along the wellbore based on the plurality of boundaries;
specify one or more fracture units along the plurality of pay zones, wherein at least one fracture unit of the one or more fracture units comprises two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones, wherein the stimulation tool is configured to specific the one or more fractures by:
performing one or more height growth estimation calculations for the two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones; and
determining whether the two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones overlap based on the one or more height growth estimation calculations;

define one or more stages along the one or more fracture units;
design a plurality of perforation locations based on the one or more stages;
design a diversion treatment configured to divert fluid from a first perforation location of the plurality of perforation locations to a second perforation location of the plurality of perforation locations; and
send a command to cause the downhole tool to:
perforate the wellbore at a plurality of locations based on the first perforation location and the second perforation location; and
execute the diversion treatment in the subterranean formation.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the log comprises a combined log having a resistivity log, a permeability log, a porosity log, or any combination thereof.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the combined log comprises the resistivity log, the permeability log, and the porosity log.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the stimulation tool is configured to:
modify the plurality of perforation locations based on the data after the wellbore is perforated.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the wellbore comprises a vertical wellbore.

16. A system for staging a stimulation operation for a wellsite having a reservoir positioned in a subterranean formation, comprising:
a downhole tool configured to perforate a wellbore of the wellsite; and
a stimulation tool communicatively coupled to the downhole tool and configured to:
generate a log of at least a portion of the wellbore based on data regarding the subterranean formation, wherein the data is acquired via one or more sensors;
define a plurality of boundaries at one or more intervals along the log based on the data;
identify a plurality of pay zones along the wellbore based on the plurality of boundaries;
specify one or more fracture units along the plurality of pay zones, wherein at least one fracture unit of the one or more fracture units comprises two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones, wherein the stimulation tool is configured to specify the one or more fractures by:
performing one or more height growth estimation calculations for the two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones; and
determining whether the two or more pay zones of the plurality of pay zones overlap based on the one or more height growth estimation calculations;

define one or more stages along the one or more fracture units;
design a plurality of perforation locations based on the one or more stages;
design a diversion treatment configured to divert fluid from a first perforation location of the plurality of perforation locations to a second perforation location of the plurality of perforation locations; and
send a command to cause the downhole tool to:
perforate the wellbore at a plurality of locations based on the first perforation location and the second perforation location; and
execute the diversion treatment in the subterranean formation.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the stimulation tool is configured to design a third perforation location of the plurality of perforation locations based on a quality of a pay zone of the plurality of pay zones in which the third perforation location is located.

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Assignees

• Schlumberger Technology Corp

Inventors

• Lecerf Bruno
• Usoltsev Dmitriy
• Pope Timothy L
• Pena Alejandro
• Itibrout Tarik
• Weng Xiaowei
• Onda Hitoshi
• Enkababian Philippe

Classifications

• E21B43/00 Primary

  Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells (applicable only to water E03B) · CPC title

• G06G7/50

  for distribution networks, e.g. for fluids (G06G7/62 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E21B43/17

  Interconnecting two or more wells by fracturing or otherwise attacking the formation ({E21B43/2405,} E21B43/247 take precedence) · CPC title

• E21B43/26

  by forming crevices or fractures · CPC title

• G06F30/00

  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title