.... Recently, the interaction between the hydraulic fractures and geological discontinuities has received new attention from Wu et al. (2004), de Pater & Beugelsdijk (2005), Lecampion & Zhang (2005), and Zhang et al. (2005). Numerical results are presented in this paper for Hydraulic fracture propagation...

.... Zhang & W.B. Standifird Knowledge Systems, Sugar Land, Texas, USA ABSTRACT: The oil and gas industry is exploring reservoirs under increasingly difficult geological condi- tions. Accessing these reservoirs requires drilling through unconsolidated formations, faulted rocks, rubble zones and salt...