In hydraulic fracturing, the temperature for the treating fluid usually differs from the initial temperature reservoir. Because of fluid migration and heat transfer in the reservoir, such differential temperature induces thermal stresses. This paper presents a computational model, adaptive to hydraulic fracturing simulators, for calculating these thermoelastic changes in the in-situ stress distribution.

Keywords:
well control, proppant, integration, drilling fluid formulation, in-situ stress change, equation of state, thermoelastic effect, exp, clifton, coefficient
Subjects:
Pressure Management, Drilling Fluids and Materials, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fluid Characterization, Well control, Drilling fluid selection and formulation (chemistry, properties), Fracturing materials (fluids, proppant), Fluid modeling, equations of state
Copyright 1991, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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