/Hydraulic Fracturing With Modulating Injection Flow Rate
Abstract

A system for hydraulic fracturing includes a pump system fluidly coupled to a wellbore; and a controller configured to estimate a natural frequency of the wellbore based on a pressure wave response from the wellbore, and control the pump system to pump fluid into the wellbore at an oscillating flow rate based on the estimated natural frequency of the wellbore.

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What is claimed is:

A system for hydraulic fracturing includes a pump system fluidly coupled to a wellbore; and a controller configured to estimate a natural frequency of the wellbore based on a pressure wave response from the wellbore, and control the pump system to pump fluid into the wellbore at an oscillating flow rate based on the estimated natural frequency of the wellbore.
Timeline
Filed
06/12/2026
Published
10/01/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(1)
E21B 43/26:by forming crevices or fractures