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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Analytical, numerical and experimental investigations of transverse fracture propagation from horizontal wells |
Author: | Rahman, M. Hossain, M. Crosby, D. Rahman, M. Rahman, S. |
Citation: | Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2002; 35(3-4):127-150 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
ISSN: | 0920-4105 |
Statement of Responsibility: | M. M. Rahman, M. M. Hossain, D. G. Crosby, M. K. Rahman and S. S. Rahman |
Abstract: | This paper presents results of a comprehensive study involving analytical, numerical and experimental investigations into transverse fracture propagation from horizontal wells. The propagation of transverse hydraulic fractures from horizontal wells is simulated and investigated in the laboratory using carefully designed experimental setups. Closed-form analytical theories for Mode I (opening) stress intensity factors for idealized fracture geometries are reviewed, and a boundary element-based model is used herein to investigate non-planar propagation of fractures. Using the mixed mode fracture propagation criterion of the model, a reasonable agreement is found with respect to fracture geometry, net fracture pressures and fracture propagation paths between the modeled fractures and the laboratory tested fractures. These results suggest that the propagation of multiple fractures requires higher net pressures than a single fracture, the underlying reason of which is theoretically justified on the basis of local stress distribution. |
Keywords: | Reservoir stimulation Hydraulic fracturing Transverse fracture Enhanced recovery |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0920-4105(02)00236-X |
Description (link): | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503345/description#description |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0920-4105(02)00236-x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Australian School of Petroleum publications |
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