3-D numerical study on controlled source electromagnetic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing fluid with the effect of steel-cased wells

Y Hu, D Yang, Y Li, Z Wang, Y Lu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electrically conductive fluid injected during the operation of hydraulic fracturing can be
mapped by anomalous electromagnetic (EM) fields under the excitation of controlled EM …

3-D numerical mode matching method for off-centered electromagnetic well logging tools in noncircular vertical borehole and invasion zones in multilayered media

J Liu, J Zhuo, W Jiang, QH Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In electromagnetic (EM) well logging for petroleum exploration, off-centered tools within a
noncircular borehole and invasion zones in multilayered media represent a challenging 3-D …

Geomechanical and hydrogeological evaluation of a shallow hydraulic fracture at the Devine Fracture Pilot Site, Medina County, Texas

M Haddad, M Ahmadian, J Ge, JP Nicot… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract UT-Austin's Devine Fracture Pilot Site, 50 miles southwest of San Antonio, Texas,
has been targeted for a comprehensive, multidisciplinary development of fracture diagnostic …

Characterization of hydraulic fractures with triaxial electromagnetic induction and sector coil rotation measurement

Y Zhai, D Liu, DK Potter, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The characterization of hydraulic fractures is crucial for fracturing evaluation and strategy
optimization. Low-frequency electromagnetic triaxial induction measurement is a promising …

Efficient Computation of Electromagnetic Waves under Cylindrical Geometries Using Spectral Numerical Mode Matching (SNMM) Method

J Dai, D Wang, Y Fang, QH Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The numerical mode matching (NMM) method is a widely used semianalytical approach for
modeling the propagation of electromagnetic (EM) waves in orthogonal-plano-cylindrically …

Real-Time Monitoring of Fracture Dynamics with a Contrast Agent-Assisted Electromagnetic Method

M Ahmadian, M Haddad, L Cui… - SPE Hydraulic …, 2023 - onepetro.org
In collaboration with the Advanced Energy Consortium, our team has previously
demonstrated that the placement of electrically active proppants (EAPs) in a hydraulic …

Efficient Domain Decomposed Simulations of Induction Well-Logging Tools in a Deviated Borehole

Y Zhong, H Wang, WF Huang, Y Mao… - … on Geoscience and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For designing or calibrating a triaxial induction well-logging tool, efficient simulations of
moving the tool in an arbitrary borehole in an invaded layered medium are essential. The …

Numerical Simulation Study of 3D Crosswell Measurement for Hydraulic Fracture Zone Diagnostics in Steel-Cased Boreholes

S Wu, D Liu, Y Li, J Meng - SPE Journal, 2024 - onepetro.org
Electrical signals in the vicinity of excited steel-cased borehole sources offer significant
potential for monitoring fracture zones filled with highly conductive proppant. However …

A fast numerical method for the galvanic measurement in hydraulic fracture detection

Y Fang, Y Hu, Q Zhan, D Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hydraulic fracturing is critical for unconventional oil and gas production. Recently, galvanic
methods, including borehole-to-surface and surface-to-borehole electromagnetic methods …

A combined mode-matching technique and born approximation method to model well-logging sensors in non-axisymmetric boreholes

L Saavedra, GS Rosa, JR Bergmann - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a study on pseudo-analytic techniques for modeling electromagnetic
sensors used in geophysical well logging. Logging-while-drilling (LWD) tools are sensors …