...Chapter 3 Fractures and Fracturing: Hydraulic Fracturing in Jointed Rock Charles Fairhurst Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56366 Abstract Rock in situ is arguably the most complex material encountered in any engineering disci pline. Deformed...

... ABSTRACT In this work, the effect of fracture network connectivity on hydraulic fracturing effectiveness was investigated using a discrete element numerical model. The simulation results show that natural fracture density can significantly affect the hydraulic fracturing effectiveness, which...

...Chapter 49 Scale Model Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing for EGS Reservoir Creation Using a Heated True-Triaxial Apparatus Luke Frash, Marte Gutierrez and Jesse Hampton Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56113 Abstract Geothermal energy technology...

...Chapter 22 Blue Shift in the Spectrum of Arrival Times of Acoustic Signals Emitted during Laboratory Hydraulic Fracturing Arcady V. Dyskin, Elena Pasternak, Andrew P. Bunger and James Kear Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56448 Abstract We discuss...

... expression Reservoir Characterization hydraulic fracturing fluid-driven fracture Upstream Oil & Gas regime scaling diffusion hydraulic fracture fracture poroelastic effect 1 Introduction Hydraulic fracturing is commonplace in the geo-industry, whether designed or unintended; e.g...

...Chapter 41 Three-Dimensional Numerical Model of Hydraulic Fracturing in Fractured Rock Masses B. Damjanac, C. Detournay, P.A. Cundall and Varun Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56313 Abstract Conventional methods for simulation of hydraulic...

... of the pressure decline curves may reveal the relationship between the fracture responses and formation characteristics. Drillstem Testing Efficiency pressure response hydraulic fracture Upstream Oil & Gas fracture closing function superposition derivative straight line leakoff wellhead...

... ABSTRACT Outcrop studies have revealed the presence of abundant cemented fractures in many low permeable formations. Recovered cores have also revealed the opening of some of these smaller size fractures on the wall surface of main hydraulic fractures. Furthermore, early-production well...

...Chapter 19 Initiation and Breakdown of an Axisymmetric Hydraulic Fracture Transverse to a Horizontal Wellbore Safdar Abbas and Brice Lecampion Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56262 Abstract We investigate the initiation and early-stage...

... 1. Introduction Analytical models and numerical simulation are important means to increase understanding and to enhance efficiency of hydraulic fracturing. The reasons for developing and using them are clearly explained, for instance, by Mack and Warpinski [1]. Thus, there is no need to dwell...

... ABSTRACT In many of the active shale plays, the extremely low permeability of the shale means simple, bi-planar hydraulic fractures do not provide enough surface area to make an economic well. In these cases, the optimal, economic completion requires stimulation of the natural fracture system...

...Chapter 33 Numerical Simulation of Sequential and Simultaneous Hydraulic Fracturing Varahanaresh Sesetty and Ahmad Ghassemi Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56309 Abstract Hydraulic fracturing of horizontal well hydraulic fracturing technology can...

... ABSTRACT It is well known that only about a third of water injected for hydraulic fracturing of shales is recovered. It is important to understand the fate of this injected water. The amount of water infiltrating the matrix is determined by a number of parameters such as the pressure...

...Chapter 44 Hydraulic Fracturing Mine Back Trials Design Rationale and Project Status Peter K. Kaiser, Benoît Valley, Maurice B. Dusseault and Damien Duff Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56260 Abstract Last year, a joint Mining and Oil & Gas...

... Modeling & Simulation orientation prediction hydraulic fracturing reservoir geomechanics gel treatment Upstream Oil & Gas relative productivity fracture network stimulation productivity horizontal stress Reservoir Characterization geomechanical analysis permeability...

... were undertaken to evaluate hydraulic fracturing as a method to precondition the conglomerate strata sufficiently to promote normal caving behaviour at longwall startup and reduce the severity of periodic weighting. This paper presents the results of the trials and illustrates the effectiveness...

... Abstract The recently developed Unconventional Fracture Model (UFM*) simulates complex hydraulic fracture network propagation in a formation with pre-existing closed natural fractures, and explicitly models hydraulic injection into a fracture network with multiple propagating branches [1...

... ABSTRACT This paper discusses the interaction between hydraulic fracturing and the pre-existing discrete fracture network (DFN) in a rock mass subject to in–situ stresses. Two–dimensional computational model studies have been used in an initial attempt towards understanding how reservoir...

...Chapter 32 The Geomechanical Interaction of Multiple Hydraulic Fractures in Horizontal Wells Sau-Wai Wong, Mikhail Geilikman and Guanshui Xu Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56385 Abstract The technology of multiple hydraulic fracture stimulation...

...Chapter 4 Five Things You Didn t Want to Know about Hydraulic Fractures Vincent M. C. Additional information is available at the end of the chapter httpdx.doi.org/10.5772/56066 Abstract It is common to envision and design hydraulic fractures as if they were simple, planar fea tures...