...International Geomechanics Symposium ARMA-IGS-2023 55 Enhanced Geothermal Systems: The Effect of Hydraulic Fracture and Rock Matrix Permeability Jerome Sfeir, J.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA George Moridis, G.M. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA Lawrence...

... Abstract Serial-sectioned images were three-dimensionally reconstructed to visualize the fracture network within an outcropped cube, sourced from the Montney Formation, the largest unconventional natural gas resource in Canada, that was hydraulically fractured in the lab under conditions...

...International Geomechanics Symposium ARMA-IGS-2023 0003 Selecting Hydraulic Fracturing Method For Wells Landed In Deep And Tight Gas Reservoirs Xia, K., Mahood, T. and Hassani, S. Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, East Province, Saudi Arabia Copyright 2023 ARMA, American Rock Mechanics Association This paper...

... into the reservoir, cap-rock integrity may be breached due to reductions in effective stress, in addition to the possible creation of tensile fractures. The resulting stress changes due to thermal diffusion may also have a significant effect on the wellbore architecture itself, as the cooling formation will exert...

... Abstract How to predict the initiation and extension of thermally induced fractures (TIF) and evaluate their impact on CO 2 injection in depleted reservoirs has become a critical concern in the CO 2 storage projects. To address this question, it is imperative to carry out thermo-hydro...

... Abstract Shale is a rock with rich bedding structures that impact hydraulic fractures propagation with complex interactions. The X-ray CT scan is an effective approach to observe the interaction of hydraulic fractures with laminated bedding. However, the conventional experiments have been...

...International Geomechanics Symposium ARMA-IGS-2023 28 Experimental study on indoor multi-cluster fracturing based on distributed fibre-optical monitoring Su Wang1,2, Mian Chen1,2*, Zhi Chang3, Qixing Zhang1,2, Jiaxin Lv1,2, Zhuang Cui1,2, Bing Hou4 1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources...

... in sandstone microstructure, dissolution of water-soluble minerals, and gradual expansion of microspores and fractures. Sedimentary cementation is more prone to softening in water than accelerated cementation. (3) The error between PFC2D simulation and laboratory test results is less than 5%, confirming...

... Abstract This study presents a new analytical model for determining the growth-rate of hydraulic fractures during the pumping of a fracturing stage. Unlike existing commercial and numerical tools for final fracture half-length estimation, the present model is able to accommodate time-dependent...

... formation. The model, built on a fully coupled physics-based simulator, incorporates reservoir, fractures, and wellbore data, enabling a nuanced understanding of multiphase flow and pressure losses. The study compares the performance of U-shape wells with conventional wells in unconventional plays over a 30...

...International Geomechanics Symposium ARMA-IGS-2023-446 Gaussian KISS Models of Well EUR: Improving Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Design and Boosting Well Performance by Choosing Optimum Proppant Fines based on Rapid Sensitivity Analysis Ruud Weijermars1,2* 1 Centre for Integrative Petroleum...

...International Geomechanics Symposium ARMA-IGS-2023 445 Fractures propagation feature of multi-cluster fracturing on deep laminated shale oil reservoir Jiaxin Lv1,2, Bing Hou3* 1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China 2...

...International Geomechanics Symposium ARMA-IGS-2023 0033 Optimization of Re-fracturing Completion Design Parameters: Bakken case study. Abdesselem Dehdouh University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA Ilyas Mellal, Nassima Bettir and Vamegh Rasouli University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA Khalifa...

... Abstract Horizontal well multi-cluster fracturing has been recognized as an effective technology to extract shale gas resources. This paper proposed a full 3D model of multi-cluster fractures propagation with perforation tunnels by using 3D lattice method. The oriented perforation and spiral...

... Abstract Deep tight sandstone gas resources over 4000 m have become an important unconventional natural gas in Junggar Permian Basin, China. Multistage hydraulic fracturing on exploratory wells were used to create the complicate fracture network in the reservoir. However, the high formation...

... we investigate present-day stress field of the Western Desert of Egypt. Present-day maximum horizontal stress (SHmax) orientations were determined from borehole breakouts (BOs) and drilling-induced fractures (DIFTs) interpreted from caliper data and resistivity image logs. The stress measurements...

...International Geomechanics Symposium ARMA-IGS-2023 0199 Fracture morphology evaluation of surrogate model for fast prediction using machine learning Zhongyu Hu, Mao Sheng*, Zhaoyang Wei, and Shouceng Tian National Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Engineering, China University of Petroleum...

... of the main failure modes of layered shale during the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. To comprehensively understand the failure behaviors under dynamic loading, a series of split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) tests are conducted on black Longmaxi shale under different loading rate at seven...

... upstream oil & gas sedimentary rock clastic rock fracture geology rock type complex reservoir asia government shale gas china government geologist united states government mudrock modeling & simulation mudstone hydraulic fracture geological subdiscipline sequence...

... Abstract Based on the multi-scale structural characteristics of fractured rocks, a hydro-mechanical coupled model was formulated by a multi-scale homogenization method under the framework of thermodynamics. The proposed model simultaneously accounts for the deformation and permeability...