Patents by Inventor Yapu ZHAO

Yapu ZHAO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11567233
    Abstract: A numerical simulation and parameter optimization method for volumetric fracturing of an unconventional dual medium reservoir includes the following steps: based on the theory of dual-medium pore elasticity, in consideration of the friction effect between fractures, developing a viscoelastic-plastic damage model of hydraulic fractures based on explicit time integral; simulating random intersection and bifurcation of hydraulic fractures encountering with natural fractures by adopting a method of embedding zero-thickness fracture units in the inner boundaries of computational model grids, and establishing a mathematical model of hydraulic fracture expansion of volumetric fracturing in the unconventional dual-medium reservoir; compiling a finite element program for complex multi-fracture fracturing and competitive expansion during volumetric fracturing of the unconventional reservoir, and establishing a hydraulic fracturing finite element model of a casing-cement ring-perforation hole in cluster-reservoir matrix
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhu, Qingyou Liu, Yapu Zhao, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 11009620
    Abstract: A method for determining a favorable time window of an infill well of an unconventional oil and gas reservoir, which comprises the following steps: S1, establishing a three-dimensional geological model with physical properties and geomechanical parameters; S2, establishing a natural fracture network model in combination with indoor core-logging-seismic monitoring; S3, calculating complex fractures in hydraulic fracturing of parent wells; S4, establishing an unconventional oil and gas reservoir model and calculating a current pore pressure field; S5, establishing a dynamic geomechanical model and calculating a dynamic geostress field; S6, calculating complex fractures in horizontal fractures of the infill well in different production times of the parent wells based on pre-stage complex fractures and the current geostress field; S7, analyzing a microseismic event barrier region and its dynamic changes in infill well fracturing; and S8, analyzing the productivity in different infill times, and determining an inf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhu, Yapu Zhao, Jianchun Guo, Xuanhe Tang
  • Publication number: 20210003731
    Abstract: A method for determining a favorable time window of an infill well of an unconventional oil and gas reservoir, which comprises the following steps: S1, establishing a three-dimensional geological model with physical properties and geomechanical parameters; S2, establishing a natural fracture network model in combination with indoor core-logging-seismic monitoring; S3, calculating complex fractures in hydraulic fracturing of parent wells; S4, establishing an unconventional oil and gas reservoir model and calculating a current pore pressure field; S5, establishing a dynamic geomechanical model and calculating a dynamic geostress field; S6, calculating complex fractures in horizontal fractures of the infill well in different production times of the parent wells based on pre-stage complex fractures and the current geostress field; S7, analyzing a microseismic event barrier region and its dynamic changes in infill well fracturing; and S8, analyzing the productivity in different infill times, and determining an inf
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Haiyan ZHU, Yapu ZHAO, Jianchun GUO, Xuanhe TANG
  • Publication number: 20200301043
    Abstract: A numerical simulation and parameter optimization method for volumetric fracturing of an unconventional dual medium reservoir includes the following steps: based on the theory of dual-medium pore elasticity, in consideration of the friction effect between fractures, developing a viscoelastic-plastic damage model of hydraulic fractures based on explicit time integral; simulating random intersection and bifurcation of hydraulic fractures encountering with natural fractures by adopting a method of embedding zero-thickness fracture units in the inner boundaries of computational model grids, and establishing a mathematical model of hydraulic fracture expansion of volumetric fracturing in the unconventional dual-medium reservoir; compiling a finite element program for complex multi-fracture fracturing and competitive expansion during volumetric fracturing of the unconventional reservoir, and establishing a hydraulic fracturing finite element model of a casing-cement ring-perforation hole in cluster-reservoir matrix
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Haiyan ZHU, Qingyou LIU, Yapu ZHAO, Yang LI