Comprehensive Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Through Mechanical Stratigraphy with Explicit Width Calculation and Leakoff: Foundations of Completion Modeling
Abstract:This paper describes a new and comprehensive 3D hydraulic fracturing simulation model, built within a single software system combining Finite-Difference reservoir flow simulation with Finite-Element displacement and stress/strain computations. This allows dynamic and explicit calculation of fracture width (i.e., opening, propagation, and closing) and modeling of surrounding dynamic stimulated reservoir volumes. This new fracture modeling formulation advances the model initially developed by Ji et al. (2009) an… Show more
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