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Natural fractures in soft coal seams and their effect on hydraulic fracture propagation: A field study

, 2020
Natural fractures provide direct flow channels for coalbed methane (CBM) production and gas outburst control. However, in soft coal seams, the characteristics of natural fractures and their effect on hydraulic fractures are still unclear.
Lyu Shuaifeng   +7 more
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Effect of mechanical heterogeneity on hydraulic fracture propagation in unconventional gas reservoirs

, 2020
The mechanical heterogeneity of unconventional gas reservoirs is a significant factor affecting the nucleation and propagation of hydraulic fractures. The ignorance of mechanical heterogeneity in the numerical calculation has been demonstrated to result ...
Junpeng Zou   +5 more
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Study on the interaction between hydraulic fracture and natural fracture based on extended finite element method

Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2020
Hydraulic fracturing is the main technology for the development of unconventional resources. The key factor affecting the formation of the fracture network in hydraulic fracturing is the reactive and expansion of natural fractures.
Heng Zheng, C. Pu, Chao Sun
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Geometry nature of hydraulic fracture propagation from oriented perforations and implications for directional hydraulic fracturing

, 2020
In this study, hydromechanical hybrid finite-discrete element method (FDEM) models were employed to investigate hydraulic fracturing from oriented perforations at the microscale.
Qingsheng Bai   +3 more
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Hydraulic fracturing: Computational modelling

Revue européenne de génie civil, 2006
This paper presents an efficient algorithm for modelling hydraulic fracturing based on the finite element method. The algorithm is employed for modelling the different coupled non-linear processes that are involved in the problem of hydraulic fracturing.
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Numerical analysis of heat extraction efficiency in a multilateral-well enhanced geothermal system considering hydraulic fracture propagation and configuration

, 2020
Studying the effects of physical-based hydraulic fracture configurations on heat extraction performance in a multi-lateral enhanced geothermal system (EGS) can provide meaningful suggestions for in-situ operations.
Xiangyan Ren   +4 more
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Numerical simulation analysis of vertical propagation of hydraulic fracture in bedding plane

, 2020
Hydraulic fracturing is one of the principle technologies employed for achieving the efficient development of shale oil and gas reservoirs, and the bedding plane of the reservoir is a key factor affecting the geometrical distribution of hydraulic ...
Chao Sun   +3 more
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Numerical investigation on the effect of well interference on hydraulic fracture propagation in shale formation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2020
Due to the low permeability of shale reservoir, the multiple well fracturing technologies are widely used for the development of shale gas. In this paper, a numerical model coupled rock deformation, fracturing fluid flow to investigate the effect of well
Heng Zheng, C. Pu, Ersi Xu, Chao Sun
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Time‐Dependent Hydraulic Fracture Initiation

Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2020
Rocks are known to fail in a time‐dependent manner similar to many brittle and quasi‐brittle materials. However, observed time dependence of hydraulic fracture initiation has ubiquitously been attributed to fluid flow‐related mechanisms without ...
Guanyi Lu   +6 more
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Hydro-mechanical modeling of hydraulic fracture propagation and its interactions with frictional natural fractures

Computers and geotechnics, 2019
Hydraulic fracturing is a key technique to activate natural fracture networks aiming at increasing permeability of non-conventional reservoirs. In order to design effective stimulations, it is necessary a good understanding of the hydraulic fracture ...
J. R. Cordero   +3 more
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