Proper Evaluation of Shale Gas Reservoirs Leads to a More Effective Hydraulic-Fracture Stimulation

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald P. Kundert ◽  
Michael J. Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Shale Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation

scholarly journals Propagation area evaluation of hydraulic fracture networks in shale gas reservoirs

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 833-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing HOU ◽  
Mian CHEN ◽  
Zhimeng LI ◽  
Yonghui WANG ◽  
Ce DIAO
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Fracture Networks ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Shale Gas Reservoirs

scholarly journals Introduction to the appropriate-stimulation degree of hydraulic fracture networks in shale gas reservoirs

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Yuzhang Liu ◽  
Lifeng Yang ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Yunhong Ding ◽  
Yonghui Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Fracture Networks ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Shale Gas Reservoirs

scholarly journals History Matching and Forecast of Shale Gas Production Considering Hydraulic Fracture Closure

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juhyun Kim ◽  
Youngjin Seo ◽  
Jihoon Wang ◽  
Youngsoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
History Matching ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Shale Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Fracture Closure

Most shale gas reservoirs have extremely low permeability. Predicting their fluid transport characteristics is extremely difficult due to complex flow mechanisms between hydraulic fractures and the adjacent rock matrix. Recently, studies adopting the dynamic modeling approach have been proposed to investigate the shape of the flow regime between induced and natural fractures. In this study, a production history matching was performed on a shale gas reservoir in Canada’s Horn River basin. Hypocenters and densities of the microseismic signals were used to identify the hydraulic fracture distributions and the stimulated reservoir volume. In addition, the fracture width decreased because of fluid pressure reduction during production, which was integrated with the dynamic permeability change of the hydraulic fractures. We also incorporated the geometric change of hydraulic fractures to the 3D reservoir simulation model and established a new shale gas modeling procedure. Results demonstrate that the accuracy of the predictions for shale gas flow improved. We believe that this technique will enrich the community’s understanding of fluid flows in shale gas reservoirs.

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