... fractured. In the simulation, fractures are discretized into segments for leak off, pressure drop and width calculations. Fracture width and propagation are correlated to pressure by PKN fracture model. During refrac, the fluid distribution is calculated by a flow resistance model, and is shown to gradually...

... Abstract Hydraulic fracture treatments may induce complex network geometries that are challenging to incorporate in numerical flow simulators. To capture this complexity, we propose a workflow that integrates a semi-stochastic Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) generator constrained...

... of the optimal treatments should also be compared ( Economides 2013 ). Simulation Modelling Commercial simulator software was utilized to simulate the acid fracturing and proppant fracturing process. Three-dimensional conventional Linear Elastic Model was used for the purposes of simulation. A vertical...

... of fractures, width of fractures and numbers of fractures. Due to the single factors experiment, this paper will discuss a series tests to evaluate proppants transport in complex fracture networks. Different slick water treatment tests are simulated by pumping sand slurry through the visualization complex...

... methods were used to discrete the 3D multi-fracture propagation model. Based on the geomechanics parameters of the Fuling shale reservoir, the fracture geometry and stress interference between each two adjacent fractures are studied. Numerical simulations are carried out to study the influences...

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... of the petrophysical characteristics, geomechanical properties and fracturing data from the fractured wells of the tight oil reservoirs in Jilin Field, numerous fracturing modeling scenarios were compared with actual fracturing monitoring data. A fully three dimension finite element simulation, associated...

... is simulated using a finite element method. The results from both a continuum and a fracture mechanics approach are presented. A non-associated flow rule is used so that a dilation angle is introduced to differentiate with the friction angle. Figure 1 shows a conceptual model for the stresses near...

... cohesion hydraulic fracturing Simulation fault plane Tarim basin injection injection rate friction angle fracture failure area cai where ϕ 0 is the initial porosity and c f denotes the fluid compressibility. Typically, in reservoir simulation, the mass accumulation term of single fluid...

... fracture simulation and 3D reservoir modelling for well performance using reservoir simulator is developed in collaboration with Shell global experts in unconventional resources. This workflow provided a much more economical and efficient solution in understanding the reservoir responses to hydraulic...