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Conductivity analysis of hydraulic fractures filled with nonspherical proppants in tight oil reservoir

Energy Science & Engineering, 2020
Hydraulic fracturing is an effective way to exploit hydrocarbons in tight oil reservoir. The success of this technique lies on the creation of high conductivity channels for the oil and gas.
Jiaxiang Xu, Yunhong Ding, Lifeng Yang, Zhe Liu, Rui Gao, Hanxuan Yang, Zhen Wang   +6 more
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A Coupled Extended Finite Element–Cohesive Zone Model for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Under Poroelastic Effects Across Different Propagation Regimes

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Volume 50, Issue 11, Page 4518-4540, 10 August 2026.
ABSTRACT Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing remains challenging due to the strong coupling between geomechanics and fluid flow when modelling multiple physical mechanisms of rock deformation, fracture evolution and fluid leak‐off. This study develops a coupled hydraulic fracture propagation framework that combines the extended finite element ...
Ran Tao, Juliana Y. Leung, Samer Adeeb
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Nordgren PINNs to VQE: Advancing Hydraulic Fracturing Simulations in Shale Reservoirs

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Volume 50, Issue 12, Page 4863-4878, 25 August 2026.
ABSTRACT This study advances hydraulic fracturing simulations in shale reservoirs using two computational paradigms, Physics‐Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) and the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE). PINNs were employed to solve Nordgren's equation, which governs fracture width evolution, by embedding physical laws into the neural network ...
Dennis Delali Kwesi Wayo, Sonny Irawan, Mohd Zulkifli Bin Mohamad Noor, Mudasar Zafar, Shynar Juziyeva, Camila Martins Saporetti, Leonardo Goliatt, Randy Hazlett   +7 more
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Effect of Lateral Confining Pressure on Shale’s Mechanical Properties and Its Implications for Fracture Conductivity

Applied Sciences
The field stress of the shale affects the proppant embedment, fracture conductivity, well production rate, and ultimately the recovery of hydrocarbons from reservoir formations. This paper presents, for the first time, an experimental study investigating
Jinliang Song, Yuan Liu, Yujie Luo, Fujian Yang, Dawei Hu   +4 more
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The price responsiveness of shale producers: Evidence from micro data

Quantitative Economics, Volume 17, Issue 2, Page 394-430, May 2026.
We show that U.S. shale oil producers exhibit a high degree of short‐run price responsiveness, primarily through the timing of well completions and refracturing. Using a novel monthly well‐level panel covering over 120,000 shale wells across ten states from 2005 to 2019, we document significant supply adjustments to price signals.
Knut Are Aastveit, Hilde C. Bjørnland, Thomas S. Gundersen   +2 more
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Stimulated Volume Determination of a Horizontal Well in a Shale Oil Reservoir in the Vaca Muerta Formation and Its Interaction With Existing Fracture Networks

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Hydraulic fracturing is a stimulation technique that plays a critical role to provide transport path networks in unconventional shale reservoirs, yet the quantitative characterization of fracture propagation, its interaction with natural discontinuities, and the resulting stimulated volume remain challenging in heterogeneous formations such as the Vaca
P. A. Medina, S. D´hers, S. Obstfeld, M. Frydman, Mohammad Rezwan Habib   +4 more
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Influence of proppant embedment under cyclic loading on crushing rate and conductivity of fractures

Duankuai youqitian
To clarify the influence of stress shadowing during staged fracturing in shale gas wells and the influence laws of proppant deformation and embedment in fractures caused by load variations during cyclic gas production and shutdown on its crushing rate ...
XU Dongjin,WU Kun,WANG Xiang,ZHANG Ye,ZHU Xinchun,ZHANG Zhiping,LIU Wenping,WANG Jinxi,CHENG Hui
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Experimental Study on Multiscale Evolution Mechanism of Coalbed Reservoir Properties in “Three‐Low” CBM Reservoirs Modified by Chlorine Dioxide

Geofluids, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Aiming at the “three‐low” challenges (low permeability, low gas saturation, and low critical desorption‐to‐storage ratio [CDSR]) of Chinese coalbed methane (CBM) reservoir materials, this study adopted chlorine dioxide (ClO2) chemical modification on long‐flame, coking, and anthracite coal materials.
Chaowen Hu, Ruifeng Huang, Huifeng Wang, Bo Pan, Xiaojie Yang, Yichao Li, Fulong Sun, Umberta Tinivella   +7 more
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Hydraulic‐Mechanical Coupling‐Driven In Situ Stress Field Evolution in Injection‐Production Well Patterns With Artificial Fractures

Geofluids, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Based on the theory of porous media elasticity and the mechanisms of hydraulic‐mechanical coupling, a fully coupled mathematical model for porous media deformation and fluid flow was established, incorporating a square inverted nine‐spot well pattern with artificial fractures. The finite element method was employed for numerical solution, and the model′
Changkun Cheng, Shiduo Liu, Zhicheng Wang, Qian Xiao, Huan Liu, Ying Fu, Yuhang Zhang, Yan Deng, Zhiqiang Fan   +8 more
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A method of proppant pack permeability assessment [PDF]

, 2015
Hydraulic fracturing methods used for low permeability reservoirs such as shale gas or tight gas require the use of proppants. The current standard used for proppant assessment does not take into account its interaction with the rock and the embedment ...
Lutynski, M. A.
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