How can we use one fracture to locate another?
Hydraulic fracturing is an important tool that helps extract fluids from the subsurface. It is critical in applications ranging from enhanced oil recovery to geothermal energy pro-duction. As the goal of fracturing is to increase flow rates within the reservoir volume, and because the reservoir is t...
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| author | Poliannikov, Oleg V. Malcolm, Alison E. Djikpesse, Hugues Prange, Michael |
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| description | Hydraulic fracturing is an important tool that helps extract fluids from the subsurface. It is critical in applications ranging from enhanced oil recovery to geothermal energy pro-duction. As the goal of fracturing is to increase flow rates within the reservoir volume, and because the reservoir is typically heterogeneous, several fractures are often created. Because of confining stresses, most fractures that have been created and remain open are nearly vertical (Zoback et al., 2003). Creating a set of almost parallel fractures is quite common in situations with smoothly varying stress (Figure 1). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/757522022-10-02T07:16:51Z How can we use one fracture to locate another? Poliannikov, Oleg V. Malcolm, Alison E. Djikpesse, Hugues Prange, Michael Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory Malcolm, Alison E. Poliannikov, Oleg V. Malcolm, Alison E. Hydraulic fracturing is an important tool that helps extract fluids from the subsurface. It is critical in applications ranging from enhanced oil recovery to geothermal energy pro-duction. As the goal of fracturing is to increase flow rates within the reservoir volume, and because the reservoir is typically heterogeneous, several fractures are often created. Because of confining stresses, most fractures that have been created and remain open are nearly vertical (Zoback et al., 2003). Creating a set of almost parallel fractures is quite common in situations with smoothly varying stress (Figure 1). Schlumberger-Doll Research Center 2012-12-17T21:45:20Z 2012-12-17T21:45:20Z 2011 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0016-8033 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75752 Poliannikov, Oleg V. et al. “How Can We Use One Fracture to Locate Another?” The Leading Edge 30.5 (2011): 551–555. Web. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.3589115 Leading Edge Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf Society of Exploration Geophysicists Malcolm via Michael Noga |
| spellingShingle | Poliannikov, Oleg V. Malcolm, Alison E. Djikpesse, Hugues Prange, Michael How can we use one fracture to locate another? |
| title | How can we use one fracture to locate another? |
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| title_short | How can we use one fracture to locate another? |
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