... of laboratory experiments are carefully designed to benchmark the potential of utilizing small-diameter Radial Jet Drilled (RJD) laterals in directing hydraulic fractures. Numerical simulation of the experiments is performed to predict the geometry of the induced fracture as well as examining the experiment...

... parameters. We conducted experiments using a true tri-axial fracturing simulation system under different lateral lengths, counts and azimuths. High-rank coals from the outcrop were used as the raw samples for the experiments. Results show that: the best effect is achieved when it initiates from the bedding...

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... those in the Permian Basin in Texas, in the STACK/SCOOP in Oklahoma, and the Bakken in North Dakota, involve sufficient vertical thickness that stacked laterals are being used or considered, the impact of Stress Shadows needs to also be considered for these developments. Modeling & Simulation...

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... should be supported. This paper describes some of the instrumentation used and gives the results obtained from analysing the behavior of the rock around access laterals that parallel the nearly vertical vein of the Star mine, Burke, Idaho. The Star mine is operated by the Hecla Mining Co. A cut-and- fill...