Patent ID: 7451812

Claim:
A method of heterogeneous proppant placement in a subterranean formation, comprising the steps of: (a) designing an initial model for a heterogeneous proppant placement in a fracture in the formation; (b) developing an initial proppant placement schedule for delivering proppant and treatment fluid to the fracture predicted to obtain the initial model; (c) beginning delivery of the proppant to the fracture according to the initial proppant placement schedule; (d) taking real-time fracture geometry measurements during the proppant delivery; (e) updating the model according to the geometry measurements; (f) updating the proppant placement schedule according to the updated model and delivering the proppant according to the updated proppant placement schedule; and (g) repeating steps (d) through (f) in real-time until the proppant delivery is complete.