... ). The influence of interlayer difference and BPs on reservoir fracture propagation is unclear. The selection of fracturing techniques and engineering parameters lacks theoretical support, and HFs height and vertical fracturing volume are limited (Lei et al., 2021; Jiang et al., 2021;). Understanding the influence...

... parameters have not been clarified yet. Based on the laboratory physical simulation test of true triaxial hydraulic fracturing, this paper studies the law of fracture propagation caused by various factors such as horizontal stress difference, well inclination Angle and azimuth Angle. The experimental results...

... by perforation friction. Increasing perforation friction can promote fractures’ uniform initiation and propagation (Wu K. and Olson J. E., 2016). So, The behaviors of hydraulic fracture propagation are very complex. Hydraulic fracture field monitoring technology is an effective means to understand the shape...

... at each cluster position. In this study, the fracture propagation model is combined with reservoir productivity simulation to explore the effect of perforation parameters on multi-layer fracture propagation and enhanced oil recovery in multi-layer heterogeneous reservoirs. The fracture propagation model...

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... the cohesive fracture model and linear elastic fracture mechanics model for simulating hydraulic fracture propagation in porous media. 1 INTRODUCTION Predicting the mechanical behavior of subsurface fractures is crucial to many engineering practices, especially in the industry of energy resources...

... fracture propagation lattice formulation upstream oil & gas damjanac proppant formulation intersection journal placement rasouli onepetro ARMA 22 306 Simulation of Proppant Placement Efficiency at the Intersection of Induced and Natural Fractures Merzoug, A. and Mouedden, N. Department...

... valuable information about fracture propagation. However, strain responses from vertical monitoring wells are not fully understood. Therefore, it is necessary to model LF-DAS signals from vertical offset wells to understand the mechanisms and fracture characteristics. In this paper, we use a complex...

... not be suitable for the purpose of predicting fracture characteristics in geo-materials that exhibit strong plasticity, such as the ductile shales and mudstones. hydraulic fracturing fracture propagation fluid dynamics flow in porous media simulation deformation upstream oil & gas plastic...

... ABSTRACT: In this paper we present a new mechanism that explains hydraulic fracture containment in the target zone. The study is based on the modelling of hydraulic fracture propagation in weak rocks and comparison of the results of propagation in the vertical direction with propagation...

... fracture the studied rock below 85% of expected breakdown pressure. • The key to success is less dependent on magnitude or number of loading cycles, but more on the patterns of cycle loading and unloading process. • In both dry cyclic loading and fluid cyclic injection cases, fracture propagation...

... of the minimum principal stress direction, which controls the propagation of fractures. Also, cold fluid injection in hot formation creates thermal (tensile) stresses that can be much higher than iso-thermal fluid injection. upstream oil & gas flow in porous media fracture propagation...

... in the in-situ stress and deformation during fracture propagation and reservoir depletion, providing updated stress profiles. Refrac simulation scenarios were run after production of 1 year, 3 years, 5 years and 9 years to identify the most opportune time to refrac the well group. Results indicate...

... with datafracs or minifracs, aiming to determine the parameters for designing the main job, with the minimum horizontal stress being of central importance in addition to calibrating fluid leak-off behavior during fracture propagation. More recently the Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test has gained prominence...

... ABSTRACT: Stage-spacing and cluster-spacing techniques have to be employed to stimulate multiple hydraulic fractures to increase the generation of fracture networks. It is hard to investigate the fracture propagation in Lucagou Formation (the shale oil reservoir in Xinjiang Province, China...

... conductivity and complex branched fractures by variable fluid-viscosity injection. In this paper, integrated with the finite element method (FEM) with the discrete fracture network (DFN) model, a complex fractures propagation model coupled with flow-stress-damage was established. The accuracy of the model...

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... provides a methodology for concluding the lessons learned from hydraulic fracture treatments and taking the right preventative action in the hydraulic fracture treatments. The fracture propagation events like normal fracture propagation, height propagation, or propagation in the excessive leak-off zone...

... deformation, crack formation energy, treatment time, and confining stress environment, honoring the governing laws of fluid-driven fracture propagation in linearly elastic media. In this work, the lab-scale parameters of an experimental study on gelatin blocks of 7-to-8%-by-weight concentration are assessed...

... such as drilling, stimulation, logging, and power plants. upstream oil & gas fracture stimulation conductivity reservoir fracture propagation proppant permeability configuration propagation simulation-based economical modeling hydraulic fracturing concentration energy investment...