... been shown to increase production, while decreasing operational expenses by about 30% ( Shen et al., 2018 ). By 2017, 80% of unconventional reservoir hydraulic fracturing jobs in North America's shale basins utilized the slickwater fracturing method ( Shen et al., 2018 ). When introduced to aqueous...

... Hydrocarbon production from unconventional shale gas reservoirs has gained popularity in the past decade, due to its contribution to the nation's gas production and proved reserves. The application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques have successfully unlocked considerable...

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... and post-fracture temperature surveys to provide an improved understanding of hydraulic fracture and propped fracture height and the formations that serve as hydraulic fracture barriers. Completions variables such as treating rates, proppant volumes, perforation designs and frac fluid systems are examined...

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... The objective of this study was to investigate the impact stage spacing, treatment size, treatment sequencing, and the formation mechanical properties on the degree of stress shadowing and the gas recovery from the multi-stage hydraulically fractured horizontal wells completed in Marcellus Shale...

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... be well predicted, so that the productivity of the VFW can be estimated more accurately. drillstem testing drillstem/well testing pressure depletion complex reservoir fracture conductivity hydraulic fracturing upstream oil & gas pressure transient analysis pressure transient testing...

... shale gas wells by coupling the linear flow in the reservoir and the linear flow in hydraulic fractures. Li et al. (2019 ) extended the analytical solution to shale oil wells and validated the solutions with field data from an oil well and a gas well. These solutions were simplified and employed...

... W= weight on bit, lb. D= bit diameter, in Production Data We studied individual observations from the well database as shown in Appendix I , including the historical trend of monthly oil, water, and gas production rates, information on well completion and hydraulic fracture parameters...

...Abstract Abstract Friction reducer (FR) performance has been enhanced by adding a FR booster in both fresh water and up to 100% high total dissolved solids (TDS) produced water during hydraulic fracturing applications. However, it is not well understood how the boosters actually increase FR...

... fracturing technology. The long horizontal wells are completed using multi zone plug and perf method that requires multiple zones to be fracked optimally to minimize nonproductive time (NPT). Frac plugs plays vital role in hydraulic fracturing in isolating the multiple zones of the wellbore for operations up...

...Abstract Abstract The most common stimulation technique of shale gas production is multistage hydraulic fracturing. However, the implementation of the technique brings in new formation damage considerations. Large quantities of water-based fracture fluids, over 75% of the injected volume...

...-scale drilling and completion campaign. Over the last few years, "playbooks" have been developed for different formations while generational differences have evolved in the hydraulic fracturing completion technique. With these significant changes in fracturing techniques, new opportunities have been...

... and hydraulic fracturing simulator selection; model setup and simulation results. SMP is a chemical additive that, when pumped, creates a buoyancy effect of proppant particles upon entering the fracture network. This dynamic SMP application also propels proppant transportation, prevents proppant settling...

..., steam or gas, hydraulic fracturing and refracturing. This task is sometimes ambiguous, since not all operations are planned at the initial phase of the well design. Pressures, temperatures, fluid composition and chemical interaction are few of the parameters that must be taken into account during...

... significantly more complicated. Economic recovery of hydrocarbons from these unconventional reservoirs typically requires large hydraulic fracturing treatments. Such large-scale fracture treatments are usually needed due to their inherent complexity and heterogeneity. Moreover, porosities, pore-sizes...

...Abstract Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is a typical and vital technique applied in shale gas reservoir development. Numerical simulation used to be a common tool to optimize the parameters in hydraulic fracturing design determining the stage numbers, injection pressure, proppant amount, etc...

... Well Performance Well Depletion Proximity to Other Wells Original Completion Design Performance of Newer Offset Wells Wellbore Integrity Expected Re-Completion Costs Abstract Abstract In the past ten years, hydraulic fracturing technology and strategies have made major...