The Effect of Pore Pressure on Hydraulic Fracture Growth: An Experimental Study
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DOI: 10.1007/s00603-018-1500-7
Abstract: Laboratory experiments are conducted in this study to investigate hydraulic fracture initiation and propagation in porous test specimens in the presence of multiple fluid injection sources and anisotropic far-field stresses. Numerous laboratory observations of fracture… read more here.
Keywords: fracture growth; pore pressure; fracture; hydraulic fracture ... See more keywords
Tiltmeter Mapping of Measured Nonsymmetric Hydraulic-Fracture Growth in a Conglomerate/Sandstone Formation Using the Implicit Level-Set Algorithm and the Extended Kalman Filter
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DOI: 10.2118/186100-pa
Abstract: A novel method to map asymmetric hydraulic-fracture propagation using tiltmeter measurements is presented. Hydraulic fracturing is primarily used for oil-and-gas well stimulation, and is also applied to precondition rock before mining. The geometry of the… read more here.
Keywords: fracture growth; fracture; treatment; hydraulic fracture ... See more keywords