Patent ID: 9719338
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: C09K,E21B

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a reference viscosity and fluid properties of a fracturing fluid, wherein the fracturing fluid is a mixture of a first fracturing fluid and a second fracturing fluid, and receiving the fluid properties of the fracturing fluid comprises receiving first fluid properties of the first fracturing fluid and second fluid properties of the second fracturing fluid; modeling a viscosity of the mixture based, in part, on a mixing rheological model that models a rheological behavior of a mixture of at least two fluids and based, in part, on the first fluid properties and the second fluid properties; modeling a fracturing rheological behavior of the fracturing fluid using a fluid model that models the fracturing rheological behavior of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids based, in part, on the received reference viscosity and the received fluid properties of the fracturing fluid; providing the fracturing rheological behavior of the fracturing fluid; and performing a hydraulic fracturing operation in a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir using a fracturing fluid having the provided fracturing rheological behavior.