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Containment of massive hydraulic fractures

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7322008

Hydraulic fracture containment is discussed from the point of view of linear elastic fracture mechanics. Three cases are analyzed: (a) Effect of different material properties for the pay zone and the barrier formation, (b) Characteristic of fracture propagation into region of varying in situ stress and (c) Effect of hydrostatic pressure gradients on fracture propagation into overlying or underlying barrier formations. The analysis shows the importance of the elastic properties, the in situ stresses, and the pressure gradients on fracture containment.

OSTI ID:
7322008
Report Number(s):
CONF-761008-53
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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