The study of hydraulic fracture height growth in coal measure shale strata with complex geologic characteristics

2022 ◽  
pp. 110164
Author(s):  
Shihao Fu ◽  
Bing Hou ◽  
Yang Xia ◽  
Mian Chen ◽  
Shiguo Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Coal Measure ◽  
Fracture Height

Hydraulic-Fracture-Height Growth: Real Data

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 8-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kevin Fisher ◽  
Norman R. Warpinski
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Fracture Height

scholarly journals Apparent Toughness Anisotropy Induced by “Roughness” of In-Situ Stress: A Mechanism That Hinders Vertical Growth of Hydraulic Fractures and Its Simplified Modeling

SPE Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (05) ◽  
pp. 2148-2162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng Fu ◽  
Jixiang Huang ◽  
Randolph R. Settgast ◽  
Joseph P. Morris ◽  
Frederick J. Ryerson
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
High Stress ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Simple Relationship ◽  
Vertical Growth ◽  
Stress Profiles ◽  
Fracture Height

Summary The height growth of a hydraulic fracture is known to be affected by many factors that are related to the layered structure of sedimentary rocks. Although these factors are often used to qualitatively explain why hydraulic fractures usually have well–bounded height growth, most of them cannot be directly and quantitatively characterized for a given reservoir to enable a priori prediction of fracture–height growth. In this work, we study the role of the “roughness” of in–situ–stress profiles, in particular alternating low and high stress among rock layers, in determining the tendency of a hydraulic fracture to propagate horizontally vs. vertically. We found that a hydraulic fracture propagates horizontally in low–stress layers ahead of neighboring high–stress layers. Under such a configuration, a fracture–mechanics principle dictates that the net pressure required for horizontal growth of high–stress layers within the current fracture height is significantly lower than that required for additional vertical growth across rock layers. Without explicit consideration of the stress–roughness profile, the system behaves as if the rock is tougher against vertical propagation than it is against horizontal fracture propagation. We developed a simple relationship between the apparent differential rock toughness and characteristics of the stress roughness that induce equivalent overall fracture shapes. This relationship enables existing hydraulic–fracture models to represent the effects of rough in–situ stress on fracture growth without directly representing the fine–resolution rough–stress profiles.

Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth Containment by Artificial Barrier: Experimental Studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 396-398 ◽  
pp. 2420-2423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Quan Hu ◽  
Jin Zhou Zhao ◽  
Tao Lin
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Current Treatment ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
Core Flow ◽  
Flow Test ◽  
Fracture Height

It is necessary to control hydraulic fracture height growth by creating artificial barrier for reservoir with thin payzone or weak overburdens and underburdens. In this paper, the influential factors on resistance role of artificial barrier were firstly identified and the parameters value range was determined. Then, an affixing intermediate container was combined into the core flow test device in order to ensure buoyant diverter well dispersed into carrying fluid in experiment test, and the particle size distribution of buoyant additives was tested by Malvern laser counter. The crack was made about 2/3 length in artificial core for simulating artificial barrier process by core flow test which were accomplished in base of recommendation practice of petroleum industry. Lastly, successive regression method was applied and a statistical relationship of the barrier strength with carrying fluid viscosity, floating additives concentration and core permeability. Then scouring experiments are made under modeling hydraulically fracturing treatment conditions. It was proven that the artificial barrier was steady at current treatment parameters and that could be effectively controlled hydraulic fracture height growth.

scholarly journals Hydraulic-Fracture-Height Growth Under the Combined Influence of Stress Barriers and Natural Fractures

SPE Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 302-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jixiang Huang ◽  
Joseph P. Morris ◽  
Pengcheng Fu ◽  
Randolph R. Settgast ◽  
Christopher S. Sherman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Natural Fracture ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Natural Fractures ◽  
3D Interaction ◽  
Fracture Height ◽  
Fully Coupled

Summary A fully coupled finite-element/finite-volume code is used to model 3D hydraulically driven fractures under the influence of strong vertical variations in closure stress interacting with natural fractures. Previously unknown 3D interaction mechanisms on fracture-height growth are revealed. Slipping of a natural fracture, triggered by elevated fluid pressure from an intersecting hydraulic fracture, can induce both increases and decreases of normal stress in the minimum-horizontal-stress direction, toward the center and tip of the natural fracture, respectively. Consequently, natural fractures are expected to be able to both encourage and inhibit the progress of hydraulic fractures propagating through stress barriers, depending on the relative locations between the intersecting fractures. Once the hydraulic fracture propagates above the stress barrier through the weakened segment near a favorably located natural fracture, a configuration consisting of two opposing fractures cuts the stress barrier from above and below. The fluid pressure required to break the stress barrier under such opposing-fracture configurations is substantially lower than that required by a fracture penetrating the same barrier from one side. Sensitivity studies of geologic conditions and operational parameters have also been performed to explore the feasibility of controlled fracture height. The interactions between hydraulic fractures, natural fractures, and geologic factors such as stress barriers in three dimensions are shown to be much more complex than in two dimensions. Although it is impossible to exhaust all the possible configurations, the ability of a 3D, fully coupled numerical model to naturally capture these processes is well-demonstrated.

Control of Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth Above Water Zone by Inducing an Artificial Stress Barrier in Western Desert, Egypt

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Salah ◽  
Ahmed Bereak ◽  
Mohamed Gabry ◽  
Mohamed El-Sebaee ◽  
Taner Batmaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Western Desert ◽  
Water Zone ◽  
Fracture Height ◽  
Artificial Stress

A Detailed Comparison of Experimental and Numerical Data on Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth Through Stress Contrasts

SPE Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 413-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Jeffrey ◽  
Andrew Bunger
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Fracture Height
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