US 11,753,917 B2
Real time parent child well interference control
Dinesh Ananda Shetty, Sugar Land, TX (US); William Owen Alexander Ruhle, Denver, CO (US); and Srividhya Sridhar, Bellaire, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/33,428.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098963 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/267 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/267 (2013.01) [E21B 49/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining an interference time for a first hydraulic fracturing stage of a child well based, at least in part, on a measured pressure response in a parent well;
determining an interference volume for the first hydraulic fracturing stage of the child well based, at least in part, on the interference time; and
determining a first fracture length between the child well and a depleted reservoir region of the parent well for the first hydraulic fracturing stage based, at least in part, on the interference volume; and
estimating a distance to a depleted reservoir boundary of the depleted reservoir region based, at least in part, on the first fracture length.