Patent ID: 11933165
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 4:
5. A hydrocarbon well system for developing a hydrocarbon well employing hydraulic fracturing, the system comprising:
a well control system comprising a processor and memory configured to perform the following operations:
conducting a well logging of the hydrocarbon well to determine a well log for the hydrocarbon well, wherein the well logging comprises pumping fluids into a wellbore of the hydrocarbon well;
determining a geometric signature of a bi-wing hydraulic fracture of the hydrocarbon well having the wellbore extending into a hydrocarbon reservoir, wherein the geometric signature of the bi-wing hydraulic fracture is determined based on the well logging of the hydrocarbon well, the geometric signature comprising:
a fracture height (hf) corresponding to a height of planar wings associated with the bi-wing hydraulic fracture;
a fracture half-length (Xf) corresponding to a length of each of the planar wings associated with the bi-wing hydraulic fracture; and
a fracture width (wf) corresponding to a width of the planar wings associated with the bi-wing hydraulic fracture;

determining fracture model parameters for the bi-wing hydraulic fracture, the fracture model parameters comprising the following modeling parameters for cells of a model that represents a region of the hydrocarbon reservoir that corresponds to a location of the bi-wing hydraulic fracture:
a stimulated cell width (Dy) that corresponds to a width of the cells of the model that represents the region of the hydrocarbon reservoir that corresponds to the location of the bi-wing hydraulic fracture;
a stimulated cell length (Dr) that corresponds to a length of the cells of the model that represents the region of the hydrocarbon reservoir that corresponds to the location of the bi-wing hydraulic fracture; and
a stimulated cell width (n) that corresponds to a number of the cells across a length of the planar wings associated with the bi-wing hydraulic fracture;

determining a fracture conductivity diluting factor (FCDF) for the bi-wing hydraulic fracture in accordance with the following relationship:, FCDF
  =
  
   
    
     w
     f
    
    *
    2
    ⁢
    
     X
     f
    
   
   
    n
    *
    
     D
     x
    
    *
    
     D
     y
    
   
  
 

determining a fracture permeability (Kf) that corresponds to a permeability associated with stimulated formation rock of the hydrocarbon reservoir;
determining a model permeability (Kfm) for the bi-wing hydraulic fracture in accordance with the following relationship:

Kfm=FCDF*Kf 

determining a reservoir model of the hydrocarbon reservoir that comprises the model permeability (Kfm) associated with the cells of the reservoir model that represent the region of the hydrocarbon reservoir that corresponds to the location of the bi-wing hydraulic fracture;
developing, based on the reservoir model, the hydrocarbon reservoir, wherein the developing the hydrocarbon reservoir comprises conducting a hydraulic fracturing stimulation to generate the bi-wing hydraulic fracture, the hydraulic fracturing stimulation comprising injecting a fracking fluid in the region of the hydrocarbon reservoir that corresponds to the location of the bi-wing hydraulic fracture;
generating, based on the reservoir model, a simulation of the hydrocarbon reservoir; and
determining, based on the simulation of the hydrocarbon reservoir, an operating parameter for a given hydrocarbon well extending into the hydrocarbon reservoir,
wherein developing the hydrocarbon reservoir comprises operating the given hydrocarbon well in accordance with the operating parameter.