Improvement of Bottom-Hole Cleaning After Hydraulic Fracturing on Urengoy Oil and Gas Condensate Field

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Buriak
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Hole Cleaning ◽  
Bottom Hole

Application of multi-stage hydraulic fracturing in the development of Achimov sediments at the Urengoy oil and gas condensate field

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
E. V. Panikarovskii ◽  
V. V. Panikarovskii ◽  
M. M. Mansurova ◽  
M. V. Listak
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Reservoir Rocks ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Oil Gas

The development of deep-lying Achimov deposits makes it possible to extract additional volumes of gas and gas condensate in the fields with decreasing production, as well as implement strategies to introduce new methods to increase oil, gas and condensate production. The decrease in well productivity during the development of gas condensate fields requires the use of new methods of intensification of production. The main method for increasing the productivity of Achimov wells is hydraulic fracturing. The choice of hydraulic fracturing technology for low-permeability Achimov deposits is especially important for creating large hydraulic fractures and high permeability, as well as maintaining the filtration characteristics of reservoir rocks. Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing is the most effective method of intensifying gas and gas condensate production in the development of the Achimov deposits.

Shale, Quakes, and High Stakes: Regulating Fracking-Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma, USA and Lancashire, UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Miriam R. Aczel ◽  
Karen E. Makuch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Seismic Activity ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
High Volume ◽  
The United States ◽  
Horizontal Drilling ◽  
Induced Seismic Activity

High-volume hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling has “revolutionized” the United States’ oil and gas industry by allowing extraction of previously inaccessible oil and gas trapped in shale rock [1]. Although the United States has extracted shale gas in different states for several decades, the United Kingdom is in the early stages of developing its domestic shale gas resources, in the hopes of replicating the United States’ commercial success with the technologies [2, 3]. However, the extraction of shale gas using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling poses potential risks to the environment and natural resources, human health, and communities and local livelihoods. Risks include contamination of water resources, air pollution, and induced seismic activity near shale gas operation sites. This paper examines the regulation of potential induced seismic activity in Oklahoma, USA, and Lancashire, UK, and concludes with recommendations for strengthening these protections.

Simulation of proppant transport and fracture plugging in the framework of a radial hydraulic fracturing model

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 325-339
Author(s):  
Vasily N. Lapin ◽  
Denis V. Esipov
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Fluid Injection ◽  
Subtraction Technique ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Proppant Transport ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture Propagation

AbstractHydraulic fracturing technology is widely used in the oil and gas industry. A part of the technology consists in injecting a mixture of proppant and fluid into the fracture. Proppant significantly increases the viscosity of the injected mixture and can cause plugging of the fracture. In this paper we propose a numerical model of hydraulic fracture propagation within the framework of the radial geometry taking into account the proppant transport and possible plugging. The finite difference method and the singularity subtraction technique near the fracture tip are used in the numerical model. Based on the simulation results it was found that depending on the parameters of the rock, fluid, and fluid injection rate, the plugging can be caused by two reasons. A parameter was introduced to separate these two cases. If this parameter is large enough, then the plugging occurs due to reaching the maximum possible concentration of proppant far from the fracture tip. If its value is small, then the plugging is caused by the proppant reaching a narrow part of the fracture near its tip. The numerical experiments give an estimate of the radius of the filled with proppant part of the fracture for various injection rates and leakages into the rock.

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