Patent ID: 11906689
Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 6:
7. A method of monitoring a morphology of a fracture that extends from a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and within a subsurface region, the method comprising:
flowing an electromagnetic contrast material from the wellbore and into the fracture, upon satisfaction of a supply criteria comprising an establishment of at least a threshold pressure within the wellbore;
generating an electromagnetic probe signal with a downhole electromagnetic transmitter such that the electromagnetic probe signal is incident upon the electromagnetic contrast material;
modifying the electromagnetic probe signal, with the electromagnetic contrast material, to generate an electromagnetic resultant signal;
receiving the electromagnetic resultant signal with a downhole electromagnetic receiver;
determining the morphology of the fracture based, at least in part, on the electromagnetic resultant signal; and
regulating a property of a fracturing operation based on the determining the morphology of the fracture.