A Case Study on the Optimal Design of the Horizontal Wellbore Trajectory for Hydraulic Fracturing in Nong’an Oil Shale

A Case Study on the Optimal Design of the Horizontal Wellbore Trajectory for Hydraulic Fracturing in Nong’an Oil Shale

A horizontal well with hydraulic fractures is key to forming a fracture network in oil shale for the generated hydrocarbon flows. By considering the influence of anisotropic strength, a prediction model is proposed for fracture initiation by studying different fracture initiation modes (FIMs) in oil...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhu, Han Zhang, Dongbin Pan, Lianghao Zhai, Shuai Gao, Ying Zhang, Chen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
hydraulic fracturing
fracture initiation
oil shale
bedding planes
horizontal wellbore trajectory
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/1/286

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