APPROACH TO PLUG MOVEMENT IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

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Some implementations include a method for identifying the movement of a plug in a well. The method may include obtaining, using one or more pressure sensors, pressure data indicating well pressures during hydraulic fracturing stages; obtaining well data indicating one or more well geometries, and treatment data indicating one or more hydraulic fracturing treatments; extracting, using a plug movement detector, pressure-related features from the drilling data, well-related features from the well data, and treatment-related features from the treatment data; and producing, using the plug movement detector, an indication of whether the plug has moved in the well based on the pressure-related features, well-related features, and treatment-related features.