Patent ID: 11946363
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 16:
17. A method of determining net pressure energy and discharge area in hydraulic stimulation operations comprising:
commencing the hydraulic stimulation operations to create one or more fractures in a subterranean formation;
obtaining one or more treatment data inputs from one or more instruments at a well system;
retrieving wellbore configuration information from a data repository;
determining one or more hydraulic stimulation diagnostic data outputs for a hydraulic stimulation operation based on the wellbore configuration information and the one or more treatment data inputs, wherein the one or more hydraulic stimulation diagnostic data outputs comprises a discharge area determined in terms of volumetric flow rate of a fracturing fluid, wherein the discharge area is a total area of all downhole exits through which the fracturing fluid exits a wellbore into the subterranean formation;
determining a discharge efficiency based at least partially on the discharge area and a physically available discharge area, wherein the physically available discharge area is greater than the discharge area; and
storing the discharge area and the discharge efficiency on one or more tangible, non-volatile computer-readable media thereby creating a discharge efficiency product.