Fracture propagation laws in staged hydraulic fracturing and their effects on fracture conductivities

Completely taking into account the interferences between fractures as well as the friction effects on injection allocations, a fully coupled finite element method inherited from a verified one is proposed to discuss fracture propagation laws and analyze their impacts on fracture conductivities. Simu...

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Main Authors: Jinqing BAO, He LIU, Guangming ZHANG, Juan JIN, Wei CHENG, Jiandong LIU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-04-01
Series:Petroleum Exploration and Development
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380417300356