... analysis, selection of the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) correlation, estimation of maximum horizontal stress and obtaining hoop stress. It collects and analyzes fracture breakdown pressures observed in unconventional gas wells. Various geomechanical aspects that influence breakdown pressure...

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... changes. In the vicinity of an injection well, the increase in stresses is highest in the direction of highest pressure-gradients, meaning radial to the well. Assuming an isotropic in situ stress state in the horizontal plane prior to injection, the direction of maximum horizontal stress will be oriented...

... maximum horizontal stress pressure gauge coefficient effective stress horizontal stress failure envelope injection Introduction Microseismic is already accepted by the industry for its application to monitoring completions during hydraulic fracturing. Using the locations of events recorded...

...: Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS), Pore Pressure (P p ), Vertical Stress, Minimum and Maximum Horizontal Stress and the orientations of the horizontal stresses. Log-based Stress Modeling offers a practical approach to characterize in-situ stress state profile of the subsurface formations. The knowledge...

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... stress stability drilling bottom hole pressure maximum horizontal stress Introduction Predictive modeling of fault stability represents an integral part of oil field geomechanics, not only from a field production perspective; but also from a drilling standpoint. These are two critical aspects...

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... reservoir geomechanics Upstream Oil & Gas pressure change shear failure Modeling & Simulation Fluid Dynamics unconsolidated sand propagate horizontal stress Reservoir Characterization hydraulic fracturing wellbore region optimization maximum horizontal stress permeability change...

... configuration, alternating oil production and water injection wells. Parallel horizontal producers and injectors are drilled in the direction of maximum horizontal stress, 600 ft apart with reservoir completions in the range 10,000–15,000 ft. The relatively close well spacing is necessary to maximise recovery...

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..., oriented acoustic log data and 2 micro-frac tests with pre- and post fracture imaging log runs. Micro-fracture tests yield values of 5218 psi to 5326 psi for the minimum horizontal stress and 6904 psi to 7154 psi for the maximum horizontal stress. This represents a relatively large stress anisotropy which...

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... ABSTRACT Efficient hydraulic fracture treatment of low-permeability reservoirs depends on reliable prediction of the stimulation fracture strike, which generally is parallel to the maximum horizontal stress. Coring-induced fractures can be used to predict the strike of stimulation fractures...