... of fracture development, while leaving some clusters with small and poorly connected fractures. On the other hand, larger cluster spacings (e.g., 30 m) reduces stress interference between clusters, enabling each fracture to propagate more independently. However, larger cluster spacings result in fewer...

..., non-planar fractures from multiple treatment wells while capturing the stress interference between fractures. This interference is captured both on an intra-well as well as an inter-well scale. Interaction between fractures propagating from different wells is found to be dependent on pad design...

... hydraulic fracturing Upstream Oil & Gas stress interference fracture height growth complexity fracture geometry stress shadow minimum horizontal stress change stress layer fracture Magnitude high stress layer Exhibition hydraulic fracture stress change height growth natural fracture...

... to design the number of perforation clusters and their spacing to reach a desired magnitude of stress interference during horizontal-well stimulation. While other techniques such as microseismic monitoring, tracers, downhole tiltmeters, pressure gauges, may be utilized to characterize fracture dimensions...

... operational and reservoir parameters on simultaneous competitive fracture propagation. It was found that an increase in stage spacing decreases the stress interference between propagating fractures and increases the number of propagating fractures in a stage. It was also found that an increase in reservoir...

... that increasing perforation cluster spacing or decreasing the number of perforation clusters reduced stress interference between the fractures, and more fractures propagated. A high frac fluid viscosity increased fracture widths and led to more stress interference. Higher pumping rates led to longer and wider...