Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing

2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-12-420003-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Revised to include current components considered for today's unconventional and multi-fracture grids, Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing, Second Edition explains one of the most important features for fracture design - the ability to predict the geometry and characteristics of the hydraulically induced fracture. With two-thirds of the world's oil and natural gas reserves committed to unconventional resources, hydraulic fracturing is the best proven well stimulation method to extract these resources from their more remote and complex reservoirs. However, few hydraulic fracture models can properly simulate more complex fractures. Engineers and well designers must understand the underlying mechanics of how fractures are modeled in order to correctly predict and forecast a more advanced fracture network.

Updated to accommodate today's fracturing jobs, Mechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing, Second Edition enables the engineer to:

- Understand complex fracture networks to maximize completion strategies
- Recognize and compute stress shadow, which can drastically affect fracture network patterns
- Optimize completions by properly modeling and more accurately predicting for today's hydraulic fracturing completions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yew, Ching H

Weng, Xiaowei

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Ölförderung, Gasförderung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Fracturing of a Wellbore and 2-D Fracture Model2. Three-Dimensional Fracture Modeling3. Proppant Transport in a 3-D Fracture4. Deviated Wellbores5. Link Up of Mini-fractures from Perforated Holes6. Turning of Fracture from a Deviated Wellbore7. Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Formations8. Stress Shadow9. Experimental Studies