Wells – Processes – With indicating – testing – measuring or locating
Patent
1997-01-29
1999-08-10
Schoeppel, Roger
Wells
Processes
With indicating, testing, measuring or locating
166308, 7315259, E21B 4700
Patent
active
059343737
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for measuring deformation of a rock mass around the vicinity of a fracture, commonly induced by hydraulic fracturing is provided. To this end, a well is drilled offset from the proposed fracture region, if no existing well is present. Once the well is formed to a depth approximately equal or exceeding the depth of the proposed fracture, a plurality of inclinometers, for example tiltmeters, are inserted downhole in the well. The inclinometers are located both above and below the approximate depth of the proposed fracture. The plurality of inclinometers may be arranged on a wireline that may be retrieved from the downhole portion of the well and used again or, alternatively, the inclinometers may be cemented in place. In either event, the inclinometers are used to measure the deformation of the rock around the induced fracture.
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Branagan Paul T.
Steinfort Terry D.
Warpinski Norman R.
Wilmer Roy H.
Gas Research Institute
Schoeppel Roger
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