Simulations of hydraulic fracturing initiation in perforated boreholes

The mechanism of initiation and propagation of hydraulic fracture from cased hole perforated wellbores is investigated through analytical, numerical and experimental studies. A new model was developed for arbitrarily oriented wellbore and perforation to predict the fracture initiation pressure, loca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fallahzadeh Abarghooei, Syed Hassan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1332