Patent Document ID: 9612359
Application ID: 13916143
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for constructing a fracture network, the method comprising: receiving seismic data collected from a stimulation operation in an earth formation, the stimulation operation including injection of fluid into the formation, the seismic data including seismic event data including a first seismic event associated with a first time increment and a second seismic event associated with a subsequent second time increment; and constructing a fracture network model by: constructing an initial portion of the model based on the first seismic event, the initial portion representing a fracture network including a fracture constructed based on the first seismic event; estimating a location of the second seismic event; and subsequently updating the initial portion of the model based on the second seismic event based on an assumption that the first seismic event and the second seismic event occur within propagating fluid or at a propagating fluid front, wherein updating includes estimating a distance between the location and the constructed fracture, and performing one of: elongating the constructed fracture by extending a length of the constructed fracture based on a normal component of the distance being within a selected distance range; and selecting a new fracture and connecting the new fracture to the constructed fracture based on the normal component of the distance exceeding the selected distance range the new fracture having an orientation that is different than the constructed fracture.