Evaluation of the influence of in-situ reservoir conditions on the geometry of hydraulic fractures using a 3-D(3-dimensional) simulator. Part 1. Technical approach

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6194776

Abou-Sayed, A S; Sinha, K P; Clifton, R J

A 3-dimensional simulator based on a coupled hydromechanical analysis is described. The mathematic formulation is based on analyses of 3-dimensional rock deformation and 2-dimensional fluid flow through the fracture. Both the rock deformation and fluid flow problems are solved using variational principles for fracture opening and the fracturing fluid pressure, respectively. The fracture criterion is based on a stress intensity factor approach. The actual numeric procedure including the details of modeling some important phenomenon such as in situ stress contrast, fluid loss, etc. has been described.

• OSTI ID: 6194776
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE-12877; Conference: Unconventional gas recovery symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 13-15 May 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
HYDRAULIC FRACTURES
GEOMETRY
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
DEFORMATION
FLUID FLOW
FRACTURING FLUIDS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
RESERVOIR ROCK
SIMULATORS
STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS
WELL STIMULATION
ANALOG SYSTEMS
COMMINUTION
FAILURES
FLUIDS
FRACTURES
FRACTURING
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
MATHEMATICS
STIMULATION
WELLS
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