Patent ID: 11934757
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  C  E | IPC C  E  G

Claim 10:
11. A system for hydraulic fracturing comprising:
a control system comprising one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement an adjustment module and perform operations comprising:
receive a first value representative of an amount of heat;
determining a discrete fracture network (DFN) comprising a description of a number of fractures, wherein each fracture can be characterized by length, width, height, and orientation that are estimated based on a hydraulic fracture model and predicted effects of the amount of heat represented by the first value on initiation and propagation of the fractures and sustainability of the fractures during hydrocarbon extraction;
determining a first hydrocarbon production volume value, by a geomechanical model based on the DFN;
determining a second hydrocarbon production volume value, by a reservoir model based on the DFN;
determining an third estimated hydrocarbon production volume value based on the determined first hydrocarbon production volume value and the determined second hydrocarbon production volume value;
adjusting, by the adjustment module, the first value based on the determined third estimated hydrocarbon production volume value;
controlling, by the control system, the amount of heat based on the adjusted first value; and
applying, based on the controlling, the amount of heat to a hydrocarbon reservoir in a subterranean zone, wherein shale stiffness and strength properties in the hydrocarbon reservoir are modified based on the amount of heat such that the third estimated hydrocarbon production volume value is predictive of a volume of hydrocarbon extracted from the hydrocarbon reservoir based on the modified shale stiffness and strength properties in the hydrocarbon reservoir.