Engineering completion and selective fracturing of lateral wellbores
US11726228B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 18, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A90/30
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
A method for completing a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation includes making electromagnetic resistivity measurements along a lateral section of the wellbore. The resistivity measurements are evaluated to estimate a water content of the subterranean formation along the lateral section. The formation is fractured at selected regions along the lateral section at which the water content is below a threshold and avoiding regions at which the water content is above the threshold.
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