Background: This study develops a novel water-based fracturing fluid to address challenges of high water consumption, poor thermal stability, and inadequate proppant transport in conventional hydraulic fracturing fluids.
Najeeb Anjum Soomro +6 more
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A physical model of multicluster fractures in horizontal well with perforation segments. ABSTRACT Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC‐CO2) fracturing is a new type of waterless staged multicluster fracturing. Different from one single fracture, the slurry almost simultaneously flows to multiple fractures in staged multicluster fracturing, resulting in a ...
Jiaxiang Xu +6 more
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Analysis of chemical constitutents and additives in hydraulic fracturing waters 1. Technical review and proposal for a non-target approach [PDF]
This technical report is a first one of series of reports addressing the issue of chemical constituents and additives occurring in the waters related to hydraulic fracturing in the exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons.
COMERO SARA +4 more
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Evolution of Friction and Permeability in a Propped Fracture under Shear
We explore the evolution of friction and permeability of a propped fracture under shear. We examine the effects of normal stress, proppant thickness, proppant size, and fracture wall texture on the frictional and transport response of proppant packs ...
Fengshou Zhang +4 more
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Abstract Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) use engineered fracture networks as fluid pathways and heat exchangers in hot, low‐permeability rock. Unlike gel‐proppant hydraulic fracturing treatments, many EGS use hydraulic shear stimulation to increase fracture permeability by self‐propping displaced rough surfaces of hard‐rock fractures caused by ...
Alireza Kalantar +6 more
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Анализ эффективности освоения скважин закачкой газообразного азота с использованием установки гибкой насосно-компрессорной трубы после гидроразрыва пласта на Южно-Приобском нефтяном месторождении (ХМАО) [PDF]
Объект исследования - колтюбинговые технологии. Цель выпускной квалификационной работы - анализ эффективности освоения скважин закачкой газообразного азота с использованием установки ГНКТ после ГРП на «А» нефтяном месторождении.
Костадинов, Никита Константинович
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Modelling the adsorption-desorption behavior of CO2 in shales for permanent storage of CO2 and enhanced hydrocarbon extraction [PDF]
Increasing global need for energy security has spurred a need for enhanced oil and gas recovery from unconventional reservoirs. From a carbon cycle point of view however, enhanced hydrocarbon extraction results in higher concentrations of CO 2 in the ...
Brown, S., Dowell, N.M., Gadikota, G.
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Imaging Proppant in a Shallow Hydraulic Fracture Using Ground‐Penetrating Radar
Abstract Hydraulic fracturing has been used to enhance the oil and gas recovery and facilitate remediation of groundwater contaminants, particularly in low‐permeability materials such as shales. Fracture geometry can impact the success of these applications, but techniques for imaging how hydraulic fractures grow under different conditions remains ...
M. Dogan, S. M. Moysey, L. C. Murdoch
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Study on Proppant Transport among the Perforations within a Cluster and Accumulation in Inclined Wellbores Considering Turbulence Effect [PDF]
During hydraulic fracturing, the uniform distribution of proppant among perforations is crucial for enhancing reservoir permeability. However, problems such as uneven proppant distribution between perforations and accumulation-induced blockage often ...
Fujia Zhang +3 more
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Multistage horizontal fracturing is the key technique in developing shale gas reservoirs. In each stage, several perforation clusters will be placed to create complex fractures, and the parameters of perforation clusters are almost the same, so the ...
Ting Li +3 more
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