Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Seismic prospecting – Well logging
Patent
1988-06-17
1991-07-09
Tarcza, Thomas H.
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Seismic prospecting
Well logging
367 73, 181105, G01V 140
Patent
active
050311638
ABSTRACT:
The growth of a hydraulic fracture increases the period of free oscillations in the well connected to the fracture. Simultaneously, the decay rate of free oscillations decreases. The properties of forced oscillations in a well also change during fracture growth. All of these effects result from the changing impedance of the hydraulic fracture that intersects the well. Hydraulic fracture impedance can be defined in terms of the hydraulic resistance and the hydraulic capacitance of a fracture. Fracture impedance can be determined directly by measuring the ratio of down hole pressure and flow oscillations or indirectly from well head impedance measurements using impedance transfer functions. Well head pressure measurements can also be used to evaluate fracture impedance by comparing them to pressure oscillations computed with hydraulic models that include fractures with different impedances. Because impedance is a function of fracture dimensions and the elasticity of the surrounding rock, impedance analysis can be used to evaluate the geometry of the fracture by analyzing the data which results from free and forced oscillations in the well, and looking for a match between the data and theoretical models of projected shapes of the fracture.
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Goldberg David E.
Gooch Richard P.
Holzhausen Gary R.
Gas Research Institute
Swann Tod
Tarcza Thomas H.
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