... included petrophysical and geomechanical properties along with a 2D discrete natural-fracture network representing the distribution of natural fractures in the reservoir. Hydraulic fractures in parent wells were modeled using original stress settings from the 3D-MEM. Then, a dynamic model was constructed...

... Abstract Geomechanics plays a significant role in hydraulic fracture initiation and propagation and in the interaction between hydraulic fractures and natural fractures, especially in unconventional reservoirs. This paper provides a detailed description of a geomechanical characterization...

... Abstract This paper introduces a 3D hydraulic fracturing propagation model (3D-HFPM) for evaluating fracture extension, geometry, stress response, fracture spacing, and potential for refracturing. The model is illustrated with data of the Horn River shale of Canada. The model is developed...

... for characterization of inter-well communication include offset well pressure monitoring during hydraulic fracturing and controlled communication (interference) tests through staggered production. Both types of inter-well communication tests have become common among the operators in tight and shale reservoirs. However...

... Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is an important method to improve the oil and gas production in low and ultra-low permeability reservoirs. A remarkable progress has been made in the technology and materials. However, the existing conventional hydraulic fracturing technology faces problems...

... Abstract Two earthquakes with the moment magnitude of 3.9 and 4.1 occurred in January 2015 and January 2016 near the Crooked Lake region, Alberta. Both earthquakes were attributed to the hydraulic fracturing operations of three horizontal wells located at the same well-pad. The underlying...

... subjected to fracture generation and subsequent production. The fracture generation of the child wells was directly modelled in the reservoir simulator with hydraulic fracture conductivity as an exponential function of pressure. The conductivity-pressure relationship of the newly created hydraulic fractures...

... Abstract Reducing fracture/well spacing and increasing hydraulic fracture stimulation treatment size are popular strategies for increasing hydrocarbon recovery from multi-fractured horizontal wells (MFHWs). However, these strategies can also increase the chance of fracture interference, which...

... Abstract Cyclic gas injection in hydraulically-fractured wells has been successfully applied as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method in tight unconventional basins such as the Permian and Eagle Ford. However, displacement processes (continuous gas, solvent or water injection) such as those...

... the petrophysical properties in the two layers, individual fractures produce with distinct GORs, even showing a variation of producing GOR (R p ) from different locations within a single hydraulic fracture. However, the total, well-producing GOR behavior is very similar for the heterogeneous- and homogeneous...

... Abstract The objective of this paper is to improve the evaluation and characterization of the fracture network as well as the production matching in the Horn River Shale of Canada. The task is carried out by extending the hybrid hydraulic fracture (HHF) model introduced by Urban et al. (2017...

... drilling, artificial lift, etc. and help operators evaluate the most economical scenario in close to real time. machine learning hydraulic fracturing modeling Simulation data mining proppant wellsite sensitivity parameter Artificial Intelligence Upstream Oil & Gas accuracy algorithm...

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... Abstract Research on stress shadows between stages and wells has provided new elements for understanding how the initial stress state in the subsurface is altered by the creation of hydraulic fractures. Furthermore, variations in pore pressure and the presence of faults and natural fractures...

... be used to estimate the well and reservoir parameters for the case of a hydraulic fracture intercepting a horizontal well within a fractal reservoir. This work presents a semi-analytical solution for the pressure and rate transient behaviors of a horizontal well intercepting a single finite...

... on petrophysical parameters, fluid properties and operational constraints representative of Horn River shale gas reservoir. Hydraulic fracture is modeled explicitly in the computational domain. Complex partially-propped fracture geometry is computed using numerical constitutive models. The physical process...

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... Abstract This study aims to study the driving mechanism of proppant transport from wellbore to hydraulic fracture networks (HFN) by fracturing fluid, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). We simulated multiphase slurry flow containing proppant based on the Euler-Euler multiphase flow model...

... Abstract The most commonly used technology for development of unconventional liquid-rich and light oil reservoirs is horizontal wells combined with large multi-stage hydraulic fracture treatments. However, even with these technological advancements, primary recovery factors are generally less...

... and production. The work shows how the integrated reservoir/fracturing/geomechanics modeling can be used to optimize completions and EUR for shale wells. hydraulic fracturing half length sensitivity reservoir section Modeling & Simulation Upstream Oil & Gas multiplier Settari hydraulic...