A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels
Hydraulic fracturing has been used for many years in order to stimulate the oil and gas wells for improving reservoir production. The challenge of fracture initiation pressure and near-wellbore fracture propagation is a complex problem especially in deviated and cased perforated holes. Understanding...
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| author | Fallahzadeh, Seyed Hassan Shadizadeh, S. |
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| description | Hydraulic fracturing has been used for many years in order to stimulate the oil and gas wells for improving reservoir production. The challenge of fracture initiation pressure and near-wellbore fracture propagation is a complex problem especially in deviated and cased perforated holes. Understanding the stress distribution around the perforations is the key for analyzing the fracture initiation mechanism and thereby realizing the near-wellbore fracture geometry. In this article, a generic model is developed for estimating the initiation pressure as well as the orientation geometry of the fracture in the perforations around the borehole. The results of this study show that at any specific stress regime around the wellbore, there is an optimum perforation orientation that leads to lower fracture initiation pressure. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-562592017-09-13T16:10:07Z A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels Fallahzadeh, Seyed Hassan Shadizadeh, S. Hydraulic fracturing has been used for many years in order to stimulate the oil and gas wells for improving reservoir production. The challenge of fracture initiation pressure and near-wellbore fracture propagation is a complex problem especially in deviated and cased perforated holes. Understanding the stress distribution around the perforations is the key for analyzing the fracture initiation mechanism and thereby realizing the near-wellbore fracture geometry. In this article, a generic model is developed for estimating the initiation pressure as well as the orientation geometry of the fracture in the perforations around the borehole. The results of this study show that at any specific stress regime around the wellbore, there is an optimum perforation orientation that leads to lower fracture initiation pressure. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56259 10.1080/15567036.2010.501367 Taylor & Francis restricted |
| spellingShingle | Fallahzadeh, Seyed Hassan Shadizadeh, S. A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels |
| title | A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels |
| title_full | A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels |
| title_fullStr | A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels |
| title_short | A new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels |
| title_sort | new model for analyzing hydraulic fracture initiation in perforation tunnels |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56259 |