公开(公告)号：US20240209723A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18392508

申请日：2023-12-21

申请人： PERM INC.

发明人： Sepideh MAAREF ,  Steven L. BRYANT ,  Apostolos KANTZAS

IPC分类号： E21B43/267 ,  E21B47/003

CPC分类号： E21B43/267 ,  E21B47/003

摘要： Apparatus and methods for determining the size of an underground fracture network. The method includes injecting a colloid into the formation, the colloid including a carrier liquid and sized particles with a particular size distribution. After extracting fluid from the formation, a quantity of the extracted sized particles is determined. Based on the size distribution of the injected sized particles and the measured quantity of extracted sized particles, the size of the fracture network is determined. Using sized particles means that the fractured network can be selectively determined as the particles are too large to enter the rock matrix itself.