ProTechnics Technical Bibliography

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• Real-Time Bottomhole Data Can Improve Accuracy of Fracture Diagnostics, Kevin Fisher, Earuch Broacha, GRI GasTips Volume 3, Winter 1996/1997.
  

  ABSTRACT

  Real-Time Bottomhole Data Can Improve Accuracy of Fracture Diagnostics

  Much time and effort is spent today in an attempt to better understand the hydraulic fracturing process. With the wider application of Advanced Stimulation Technology (AST) for example, three-dimensional (3D) fracturing models have become much more common, many of the capable of performing simulations in real time (see article in Spring 1996 issue of GasTIPS, "Fracturing Practices Influenced by GRI Technologies"). However, a rigorous numerical simulation requires accurate bottomhole pressure and temperature data. These data are seldom measure and the majority of the time must be estimated from surface treating data.
  

  Gas Research Institute (GRI) has helped develop a system for measuring bottomhole data in order to improve and expand the application of AST.