System and method for planning a well path

JJ Sequeira, YC Cheng, R Musum - US Patent 9,593,558, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for planning a well path is described. An exemplary
method comprises defining a proxy constraint volume as a three-dimensional (3D) cellular …

Generating probabilistic information on subterranean fractures

DP Craig - US Patent 8,437,962, 2013 - Google Patents
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Method for using dynamic target region for well path/drill center optimization

YC Cheng, JE Holl, JD Dischinger… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
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Probabilistic earth model for subterranean fracture simulation

DP Craig, MJ Eberhard - US Patent 8,392,165, 2013 - Google Patents
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Simulating subterranean fracture propagation

DP Craig - US Patent 8,898,044, 2014 - Google Patents
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Robust well trajectory planning

BS Budiman, AS El-Bakry, HL Morehead - US Patent 8,892,407, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A robust well trajectory planning and drilling or completion planning system
that integrates well trajectory optimization and well development planning optimization so …

Methods and systems for monitoring and modeling hydraulic fracturing of a reservoir field

TI Urbancic, AM Baig, A Guest… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The method and system describes monitoring and modeling the hydraulic fracturing of a
reservoir. The microseismic events caused by hydraulic fracturing on a reservoir are …

Refining information on subterranean fractures

DP Craig - US Patent 9,176,245, 2015 - Google Patents
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Probabilistic simulation of subterranean fracture propagation

DP Craig - US Patent 8,386,226, 2013 - Google Patents
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Controlling net treating pressure in a subterranean region

RG Dusterhoft, DB Allison - US Patent 9,297,250, 2016 - Google Patents
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