A review of fracturing fluid systems used for hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells

R Barati, JT Liang - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hydraulic fracturing has been used by the oil and gas industry as a way to boost
hydrocarbon production since 1947. Recent advances in fracturing technologies, such as …

Numerical methods for hydraulic fracture propagation: A review of recent trends

B Lecampion, A Bunger, X Zhang - Journal of natural gas science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of numerical methods for hydraulic fracture simulation has
accelerated in the past two decades. Recent advances in hydraulic fracture modeling and …

The non-plane initiation and propagation mechanism of multiple hydraulic fractures in tight reservoirs considering stress shadow effects

L Huang, J Tan, H Fu, J Liu, X Chen, X Liao… - Engineering Fracture …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-cluster fracturing in horizontal wells is an important stimulation technology for
unconventional tight reservoirs. The interference among multiple simultaneously growing …

Compressibility of sandstones

RW Zimmerman - 1990 - books.google.com
This book is a comprehensive treatment of the elastic volumetric response of sandstones to
variations in stress. The theory and data presented apply to the deformations that occur, for …

Investigating hydraulic fracturing complexity in naturally fractured rock masses using fully coupled multiscale numerical modeling

F Zhang, B Damjanac, S Maxwell - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2019 - Springer
Naturally fractured rock mass is highly inhomogeneous and contains geological
discontinuities at various length scales. Hydraulic fracture stimulation in such a medium …

Mechanics of hydraulic fractures

E Detournay - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Hydraulic fractures represent a particular class of tensile fractures that propagate in solid
media under pre-existing compressive stresses as a result of internal pressurization by an …

A review of particle shape effects on material properties for various engineering applications: from macro to nanoscale

U Ulusoy - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is well known that most particle technology studies attempting to predict secondary
properties based on primary properties such as size and shape begin with particle …

[BOOK][B] Petroleum production engineering, a computer-assisted approach

B Guo - 2011 - books.google.com
Petroleum Production Engineering, A Computer-Assisted Approach provides handy
guidelines to designing, analyzing and optimizing petroleum production systems. Broken …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation of stimulation mechanisms in Enhanced Geothermal Systems

MW McClure, RN Horne - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
We review ten historical Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) projects and find that
typically, during injection:(1) flow from the wellbore is from preexisting fractures,(2) …

[BOOK][B] Emulsions, foams, and suspensions: fundamentals and applications

LL Schramm - 2006 - books.google.com
Until now colloid science books have either been theoretical, or focused on specific types of
dispersion, or on specific applications. This then is the first book to provide an integrated …