Methods and systems for complex hydraulic fracturing operations and hydrocarbon recovery

Abstract

There is provided a solutions systems for modeling complex hydraulic and mechanical-hydraulic activities, including methods for obtaining and implementing augmented hydraulic fracturing and reservoir management of hydrocarbons.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . An augmented hydraulic fracturing system at a fracturing site associated with a well in a formation, the system comprising:
 a. an information unit, the information unit in communication with a network;   b. a solution system for providing a simulation of the hydraulic and mechanical-hydraulic properties of the formation;   c. the solution system in communication with the network; and,   d. the solution system comprising a processor, memory, actual formation data, an orchestration segment, and a plurality of engines, wherein the orchestration segment facilitates the transmission and prioritization of information and data between the engines;   e. whereby, the augmented hydraulic fracturing system is capable of providing a model of the hydraulic and mechanical-hydraulic properties of the formation.   
     
     
         2 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , comprising a display device for providing the model. 
     
     
         3 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 2 , wherein the model is a 3-D printer. 
     
     
         4 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , the model is a 3-D representation of fracture prorogation of the formation. 
     
     
         5 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the model defines an augmented hydraulic fracturing plan. 
     
     
         6 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the information unit is selected from the group consisting of a computer, a module unit, a container, a truck, and a tablet. 
     
     
         7 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 6 , comprising a high pressure pump, proppant, fracturing fluid, and a mixing device. 
     
     
         8 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the high pressure pump or the mixing device are in communication with the network. 
     
     
         9 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one engine is an XFEM. 
     
     
         10 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one engine is a FEniCS. 
     
     
         11 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one engine is selected from the group consisting of a well log analyzer, a geostatistics library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a fracture simulator, a fracture mechanics Library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         12 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of engines comprises a well log analyzer, a geostatistics Library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a fracture simulator, a fracture mechanics library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         13 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of engines comprises GSTL, CGAL, Gmsh, and FENiCS. 
     
     
         14 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the solution system is contained in the information unit. 
     
     
         15 . An augmented hydraulic fracturing system at a fracturing site for an oil field, the system comprising:
 a. an information unit, the information unit comprising a mobile container housing a solution system;   b. the solution system comprising: a source for geologic data for a hydrocarbon bearing formation associated with an oil field, a source to an orchestration segment associated with a first engine and a second engine; and,   c. the information unit comprising a means to display a computational augmented hydraulic fracturing plan;   d. whereby the information unit comprises a 3-D representation of an augmented fracturing plan.   
     
     
         16 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein the source of geological data is a communication line for providing the data from a data storage device. 
     
     
         17 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein the source of an orchestration program is a communication line for communicating with an orchestration program. 
     
     
         18 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein the source of an orchestration program is a network connection in communication with an orchestration program. 
     
     
         19 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , comprising a high pressure pump, proppant, fracturing fluid, and a mixing device. 
     
     
         20 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein the information unit, the high pressure pump and the mixing device are in communication with a network. 
     
     
         21 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein at least one engine is an XFEM. 
     
     
         22 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein at least one engine is a FEniCS. 
     
     
         23 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein at least one engines is selected from the group consisting of a well log analyzer, a geostatistics library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a fracture simulator, a fracture mechanics library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         24 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein the solution system comprises a well log analyzer, a geostatistics Library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a fracture simulator, a fracture mechanics library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         25 . The augmented hydraulic fracturing system of  claim 15 , wherein the first and second engines are selected from the group consisting of GSTL, CGAL, Gmsh, and FENiCS. 
     
     
         26 . As system for reducing the measured depth of a borehole and optimizing the hydraulic fracturing of the formation adjacent to the borehole, the system comprising:
 a. means for advancing a borehole; and,   b. a solution system comprising a source for geologic data for a hydrocarbon bearing formation associated with an oil field, a source to an orchestration segment associated with an engine;   c. whereby the system is capable of generating a borehole plan to reduce the measured depth of the borehole and optimize the orientation of the borehole with respect to the formation.   
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the means for advancing the borehole is selected from the group consisting of a drill ship, a jack up, a semi submersible, a derrick, and a land based drilling rig. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the engine is an XFEM. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the engine is a FEniCS. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the engine is selected from the group consisting of a well log analyzer, a geostatistics library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the solution system comprises a well log analyzer, a geostatistics library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a fracture simulator, a fracture mechanics library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the engines is selected from the group consisting of GSTL, CGAL, Gmsh, and FENiCS. 
     
     
         33 . A solution system for facilitating communication to obtain an augmented hydraulic fracturing plan, the system comprising comprising: network for facilitating the communication between a plurality of components; the components comprising: a client subject having a processor and a memory, the client subject having a first data input, a second data input, and a data output in association with an MHI; a data base storage and management segment (DBS) in two-way communication with the client subject; an orchestration segment in two-way communication with the DBS, whereby information from the DBS is routed to and received from the orchestration segment; a plurality of engines in operational association with the orchestration engine, whereby the the orchestration engine controls the flow of information from the engines; and, the engines are selected from the group consisting of LAPACK, DORSAL, DOLFIN, OPM, MRST, UFL, FIAT, INSTANT, FFC, DUNE, GCC OPENMP, LLVM, OPENMP, openMPI, PETSC, SLEPC, UMFPACK, CHOLMOD, SCOTCH, METIS, CGAL, ZLIB, PYTHON, HDF5, QT, GMSH, BOOST, EIGEN, NUMPY, SCIPY, MUMPS, and Node.JS. 
     
     
         34 . A solution system for facilitating communication to obtain an augmented hydraulic and mechanical-hydraulic model of a formation, the system comprising comprising: network for facilitating the communication between a plurality of components; the components comprising: a client subject having a processor and a memory, the client subject having a first data input, a second data input, and a data output in association with an MHI; a data base storage and management segment (DBS) in two-way communication with the client subject; an orchestration segment in two-way communication with the DBS, whereby information from the DBS is routed to and received from the orchestration segment; a plurality of engines in operational association with the orchestration engine, whereby the the orchestration engine controls the flow of information from the engines; and, at least one of the plurality of engines is selected from the group consisting of LAPACK, DORSAL, DOLFIN, OPM, MRST, UFL, FIAT, INSTANT, FFC, DUNE, GCC OPENMP, LLVM, OPENMP, openMPI, PETSC, SLEPC, UMFPACK, CHOLMOD, SCOTCH, METIS, CGAL, ZLIB, PYTHON, HDF5, QT, GMSH, BOOST, EIGEN, NUMPY, SCIPY, MUMPS, and Node.JS. 
     
     
         35 . A reservoir management system, the system comprising:
 a. an information unit, the information unit in communication with a network;   b. a solution system for providing a simulation of the hydraulic and mechanical-hydraulic properties of the reservoir;   c. the solution system in communication with the network; and,   d. the solution system comprising a processor, memory, actual reservoir data, an orchestration segment, and a plurality of engines, wherein the orchestration segment facilitates the transmission and prioritization of information and data between the engines;   e. whereby, the reservoir management system is capable of providing an augmented reservoir management plan.   
     
     
         36 . A solution system for providing virtual simulations, the system comprising:
 a. an orchestration segment;   b. a first engine; and,   c. a second engine   
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein the first engine comprises a software package. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 37 , wherein the first engine comprises an open source software package. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein the first engine comprises a software package selected from the group consisting of LAPACK, DORSAL, DOLFIN, OPM, MRST, UFL, and FIAT. 
     
     
         40 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein the second engine comprises a software package selected from the group consisting of INSTANT, FFC, DUNE, GCC OPENMP, LLVM, OPENMP, openMPI, PETSC, SLEPC, UMFPACK, CHOLMOD, SCOTCH, METIS, CGAL, ZLIB, PYTHON, HDF5, QT, GMSH, BOOST, EIGEN, NUMPY, SCIPY, MUMPS, and Node.JS. 
     
     
         41 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein at least on of the engines is selected from the group consisting of FEniCS, Gmesh, CGAL, Paraview, Meteor, Node, JS and MondoDB. 
     
     
         42 . The system of  claim 41 , wherein at least one of the engines has a dependencies. 
     
     
         43 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein at least on of the engines is a FEM. 
     
     
         44 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein at least on of the engines is an XFEM. 
     
     
         45 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein at least on of the engines is a FEniCS. 
     
     
         46 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein at least one engines is selected from the group consisting of a well log analyzer, a geostatistics library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a fracture simulator, a fracture mechanics Library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         47 . The system of  claim 36 , comprising a well log analyzer, a geostatistics Library, a meshing system, a meshing library, a fracture simulator, a fracture mechanics library, a algebraic multigrid pre-conditioner, and a petroleum reservoir simulator. 
     
     
         48 . The systems of  claim 36 , comprising a client segment. 
     
     
         49 . The systems of  claim 36 , comprising a data base management segment. 
     
     
         50 . The system of  claim 36 , comprising a means to provide a model of a fracturing profile. 
     
     
         51 . The system of  claims 50 , wherein the model is a  3 -D simulation of a fracturing profile. 
     
     
         52 . An augmented workover and completion system at a site associated with a formation, the system comprising:
 a. a information unit, the information unit in communication with a network,   b. a solution system for providing a simulation of at least the hydraulic or mechanical-hydraulic properties of the formation;   c. the solution system in communication with the network;   d. the solution system comprising actual data from the formation, an orchestration segment, and a plurality of engines, wherein the orchestration segment facilitates at least the transmission or prioritization of information between the engines; wherein the solution system is cable of providing a downhole model; and,   e. a means to display the down hole model.   
     
     
         53 . A method of hydraulically fracturing a formation having a borehole located in the formation, the method comprising:
 a. obtaining actual data defining a physical characteristic of a formation in an area adjacent to a borehole in the formation;   b. providing the actual data to a solution system, the solution system comprising an orchestration system, a first engine and a second engine;   c. obtaining from the solution system a model of the mechanical and hydro-mechanical properties of the area of the formation adjacent to the borehole; and,   d. combining the model and a second actual data defining a physical characteristic of the formation with the model; and,   e. thereby providing an augmented hydraulic fracturing plan for the formation.   
     
     
         54 . The method of  claim 53 , comprising hydraulically fracturing the formation at least in part based upon the augmented hydraulic fracturing plan. 
     
     
         55 . The method of  claim 53 , wherein the actual data and the second actual data are the same. 
     
     
         56 . The method of  claim 53 , wherein the actual data and the second actual data are for the same physical property of the formation. 
     
     
         57 . The method of  claim 53 , wherein the actual data or the second actual data is selected from a group of data consisting of geological data, well log data, core data, seismic data, micro-seismic data, and measuring well drilling data. 
     
     
         58 . A method of hydraulically fracturing a formation having a borehole located in the formation, the method comprising:
 a. obtaining actual data defining a physical characteristic of a formation in an area adjacent to a borehole in the formation;   b. providing the actual data to a solution system, the solution system comprising an orchestration system, a first engine and a second engine; and,   c. obtaining from the solution system an augmented hydraulic fracturing plan for the formation.   
     
     
         59 . The method of  claim 58 , comprising hydraulically fracturing the formation at least in part based upon the augmented hydraulic fracturing plan.