Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring

Hydraulic fracturing is one of the most common operations performed on oil and gas wells. As thehydraulic fracture propagation is so complex, monitoring techniques are used to determine the real-timegeometry of the induced fracture. In this work focus is made on numerical and experimental study ofac...

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Main Authors: Nabipour, Amin, Evans, Brian, Muller, Tobias, Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad
Other Authors: EAGE
Format: Conference Paper
Published: EAGE Publications bv 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38862
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author Nabipour, Amin
Evans, Brian
Muller, Tobias
Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad
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description Hydraulic fracturing is one of the most common operations performed on oil and gas wells. As thehydraulic fracture propagation is so complex, monitoring techniques are used to determine the real-timegeometry of the induced fracture. In this work focus is made on numerical and experimental study ofactive monitoring of hydraulic fracture. Discrete element method is used for numerical simulation ofseismic wave transmission in a block of rock being hydraulically fractured. In this method the rock ismodeled by an assembly of round particles. On the other hand the results of an ultrasonic laboratoryexperiment in which a block of cement is fractured, are reported. Numerical and experimental deliversimilar results which are in agreement with those published in literature. The results show interesting information which can be applied for active monitoring of field hydraulic fractures.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-388622017-01-30T14:27:09Z Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring Nabipour, Amin Evans, Brian Muller, Tobias Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad EAGE Hydraulic fracturing is one of the most common operations performed on oil and gas wells. As thehydraulic fracture propagation is so complex, monitoring techniques are used to determine the real-timegeometry of the induced fracture. In this work focus is made on numerical and experimental study ofactive monitoring of hydraulic fracture. Discrete element method is used for numerical simulation ofseismic wave transmission in a block of rock being hydraulically fractured. In this method the rock ismodeled by an assembly of round particles. On the other hand the results of an ultrasonic laboratoryexperiment in which a block of cement is fractured, are reported. Numerical and experimental deliversimilar results which are in agreement with those published in literature. The results show interesting information which can be applied for active monitoring of field hydraulic fractures. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38862 EAGE Publications bv fulltext
spellingShingle Nabipour, Amin
Evans, Brian
Muller, Tobias
Sarmadivaleh, Mohammad
Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring
title Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring
title_full Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring
title_fullStr Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring
title_full_unstemmed Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring
title_short Numerical and Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Active Source Monitoring
title_sort numerical and experimental study of hydraulic fracture active source monitoring
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38862