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... horizontal stress (transverse)? The answer to this question relates directly back to the title of this paper and please "Don't let your land man drive that decision." This paper focuses on the horizontal well's lateral direction (longitudinal or transverse fracture orientation) and how that direction...

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... the real time acoustic emission events, the sequence of fracture creation as wellbore pressure increased was visualized. The finite element modeling gives simple criteria to explain the observed orientation of initiated fracture as a function of notch depth. hydraulic fracturing transverse fracture...

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... The most striking field observation of the presence of both axial and transverse fractures in an open horizontal well can be shown on an image log from the Barnett field as reported by Waters et al. (2006 ); Ketter et al. (2006 ) and reproduced on Figure 1 . The horizontal well is drilled...

... Abstract The productivity and economics of horizontal wells are governed by the ability of the transverse fractures to communicate efficiently with the wellbore, which is strongly controlled by the conductivity of the proppant bed and the effectiveness of the fluid additives. These impact...

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... and EUR. Yet, the decision regarding stage spacing is rarely guided by an engineering process, as it remains a challenge to tie production performance and completion design. In this paper, we offer some insight on the impact of fracture spacing on the propagation direction of multiple transverse fractures...

... is also increase during the same period. This increasing extension pressure means that the re-oriented fracture is not able to accept all of the injected fluid volume. (One reason for this may be a very tortuous In fact, continuation of this process can result in multiple transverse fractures which...

... to evolve in other countries. By 2008, the natural gas resource potential for gas shale was estimated to be 50-100 Tcf ( Cipolla et al 2009) . There have been many other, speculative, reports that put shale gas potential several times these estimates. Success with the multiple transverse fracture well...

... Abstract During the past decade, multiple transverse fracturing in horizontal wells has been applied so successfully in onshore low-permeability reservoirs that it is becoming the standard completion practice in many areas. The reasons for the success of this technique vary, but the two main...

... in determining the injection rates, reservoir sweep and oil recovery. A model is developed to estimate the growth of fractures in horizontal injectors. The model considers two orientations of fracture growth: 1) longitudinal fractures i.e. fracture along the horizontal well and 2) centered transverse fractures...

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... is readily calculated. For transverse fractures with infinite conductivity or uniform flux, the superposition principle is used for multiple sources in the system. Wellbore frictional pressure drop is coupled with the inflow calculation from fractures. The study compares the productivity of horizontal wells...