Shaped charge effect measurement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11585646-B2
Application number	US-201816489322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2018
Priority date	Nov 27, 2018
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

A method includes determining a perforation tunnel geometry of a perforation tunnel in a solid sample, the perforation tunnel created by activating a shaped charge in proximity to the solid sample. The method also includes performing a first flow test on the solid sample and creating an analog aperture having an aperture geometry in a solid sample analog of the solid sample, wherein the aperture geometry and the perforation tunnel geometry satisfies a similarity threshold. The method also includes performing a second flow test on the solid sample analog and determining a shaped charge effect based on a comparison between a second flow test result and a first flow test result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a perforation tunnel geometry of a perforation tunnel in a solid sample, the perforation tunnel created by activating a shaped charge in proximity to the solid sample and including a set of fractures generated by the activation of the shaped charge, the set of fractures in proximity to the perforation tunnel geometry of the solid sample;
performing a first flow test on the solid sample;
creating an analog aperture having an aperture geometry in a solid sample analog, wherein the analog aperture is created using a method that does not result in forming a fracture pattern around the aperture geometry of the analog aperture, wherein the aperture geometry and the perforation tunnel geometry satisfies a similarity threshold, and wherein the solid sample analog shares at least one of a material property, composition and source formation with the solid sample;
performing a second flow test on the solid sample analog; and
determining a shaped charge effect based on a comparison between a second flow test result and a first flow test result.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the similarity threshold is based on at least one of a volume of the perforation tunnel geometry, a cross-sectional area of the perforation tunnel geometry and a length of the perforation tunnel geometry.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the perforation tunnel geometry comprises using a computerized tomography scan to generate a three-dimensional model of the perforation tunnel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first flow test is a physical flow test, and wherein a first fluid of the first flow test comes in contact with the perforation tunnel.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a solid sample fracture pattern of the set of fractures in the solid sample created by activation of the shaped charge.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shaped charge effect is at least one of a permeability change, a flow rate change and a perforation tunnel skin change.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying a free gun volume of a shaped charge design of the shaped charge based on the shaped charge effect.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a target pressure difference value within a pressure difference range of a target subsurface formation, wherein performance of the second flow test is based on the target pressure difference value.

9. A method comprising:
determining a perforation tunnel geometry of a perforation tunnel in a solid sample, the perforation tunnel created by activating a shaped charge in proximity to the solid sample and including a set of fractures generated by the activation of the shaped charge, the set of fractures in proximity to the perforation tunnel of the solid sample;
performing a first flow test on the solid sample based on a target pressure difference value;
performing a second flow test on a solid sample analog, wherein an analog aperture is in the solid sample analog and has an aperture geometry, wherein the analog aperture is created using a method that does not result in forming a fracture pattern around the aperture geometry of the analog aperture, and wherein the aperture geometry and the perforation tunnel geometry satisfies a similarity threshold, and wherein the solid sample analog shares at least one of a material property, composition and source formation with the solid sample; and
determining a shaped charge effect of the shaped charge based on a comparison between a second flow test result and a first flow test result.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first flow test is a physical flow test, and wherein a first fluid of the first flow test comes in contact with the perforation tunnel, and wherein the first flow test includes applying a pressure difference at the target pressure difference value.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the similarity threshold is based on at least one of a volume of the perforation tunnel geometry, a cross-sectional area of the perforation tunnel geometry and a length of the perforation tunnel geometry.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining the perforation tunnel geometry comprises using a computerized tomography scan to generate a three-dimensional model of the perforation tunnel.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining a solid sample fracture geometry of the set of fractures in the solid sample.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the shaped charge effect is at least one of a permeability change, a flow rate change and a perforation tunnel skin change.

15. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media comprising program code for determining a shaped charge effect, the program code to:
determine a perforation tunnel geometry of a perforation tunnel and a fracture pattern of a set of fractures, wherein the perforation tunnel and the set of fractures are in a solid sample and formed by an activation of a shaped charge in proximity to the solid sample;
perform a first flow test on the solid sample;
perform a second flow test on a solid sample analog, wherein an analog aperture is in the solid sample analog and has an aperture geometry, wherein the analog aperture is created using a method that does not result in formation of one or more fractures around the aperture geometry of the analog aperture, and wherein the aperture geometry and the perforation tunnel geometry satisfies a similarity threshold, and wherein the solid sample analog shares at least one of a material property, composition and source formation with the solid sample; and
determine the shaped charge effect based on a comparison between a second flow test result and a first flow test result.

16. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the similarity threshold is based on at least one of a volume of the perforation tunnel geometry, a cross-sectional area of the perforation tunnel geometry and a length of the perforation tunnel geometry.

17. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the program code to determine the perforation tunnel geometry comprises program code to use a computerized tomography scan to generate a three-dimensional model of the perforation tunnel.

18. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the shaped charge effect is at least one of a permeability change, a flow rate change and a perforation tunnel skin change.

19. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 15 , further comprising program code to determine the fracture pattern of the set of fractures in the solid sample.

20. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 19 , wherein the program code to perform the first flow test comprises program code to perform a computational flow simulation based on a digital model comprising the perforation tunnel geometry and the fracture pattern.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Haggerty Dennis J

Classifications

• F42B1/028

  characterised by the form of the liner · CPC title

• G01N33/24

  Earth materials (G01N33/42 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01N15/0826

  and measuring fluid flow rate, i.e. permeation rate or pressure change · CPC title

• G01N2203/0067

  Fracture or rupture · CPC title

• E21B2200/20

  Computer models or simulations, e.g. for reservoirs under production, drill bits · CPC title