Abstract: Tectonic History of the Marcellus Gas Shale as Revealed by Fracturing in the Appalachian Mountain Foreland, by Terry Engelder; #90198 (2014)

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Application of static-dynamic modeling for tight gas reservoir: A case of H reservoir in Early Cretaceous, Indus Basin

Chen Yang, Junxian Chai, Jianlin Li, Qihai Nie, Jianfang Yang, Wenwen Yu, Bo Wang, Guibin Dong, Yingxiao Wang, Changsheng Zhao

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... be systematically and rapidly iterated comparing to conventional methods and can satisfy the accuracy for hydraulic fracturing engineering with increasing iteration...

Integration of Microseismic Data and an Unconventional Fracture Modeling Tool to Generate the Hydraulically Induced Fracture Network: A Case Study From the Cardium Formation, West Central Alberta, Canada

Xin Yu, Jim Rutledge, Scott Leaney, Jianchun Sun, Piyush Pankaj, Xiaowei Weng, Hitoshi Onda, Michael Donovan, Jacob Nielsen, John Duhault

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... incompleteness in representing the total deformation presents a challenge in interpreting the complex fracture networks from hydraulic fracturing. While...

Abstract: Microseismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracture Treatments: Geology Matters - Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation Examples, by Joël Le Calvez, Géraldine Haas, Leah Hogarth, and John Woerpel; #90152 (2012)

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Optimization Well Spacing for Development of Shale Oil Reservoirs using Integration of Data Analytics, Geomechanics Modeling, Pilots, and Economic Analysis

Zhengdong Lei, Kun Dai, Xiangji Dou, Jianchao Shi, Zhangxin Chen, Zhouyuan Zhu, Zhen Tao

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of fracturing treatment using a natural fracture density distribution, an actual fracturing design and construction data. Taking two wells as an example, it can...

Effects on Brittleness of Temperature Difference Between Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Shale Formation … Study on Woodford Shale; #50878 (2013)

Younane N. Abousleiman, Son K. Hoang, and Chao Liu

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...Effects on Brittleness of Temperature Difference Between Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Shale Formation … Study on Woodford Shale; #50878 (2013...

Abstract: Using Stable Isotopes to Understand Methane Origin, Migration and Mixing; #90228 (2015)

Lindsay Bowman, Shikha Sharma, Michon Mulder, Andrea Sack

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... isotopes are excellent tools to distinguish sources of methane and to test for hydrologic isolation of reservoirs during hydraulic fracturing. However...

North American Shale Gas Reservoirs - Similar, yet so Different.., #80136 (2011)

Murray Roth,

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..." fairways and converse "dead zones". Whether it is faulting in the Woodford, karst collapse chimneys in the Barnett, natural fracturing...

Modeling Well Performance in Piceance Basin Niobrara Formation Using Embedded Discrete Fracture Model

Yifei Xu, Wei Yu, Ningning Li, Ely Lolon, Kamy Sepehrnoori

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... sensitivity studies. We investigated the impact of hydraulic fracture half-length, natural fracture density, and natural fracture conductivity on long...

Environmental Impact Analysis on the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (HFTS)

Sarah Eisenlord, Thomas Hayes, Kent Perry

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...., M Elshahed. 2011. "Bacterial communities associated with hydraulic fracturing fluids in thermogenic natural gas wells in North Central Texas, USA...

Abstract/Excerpts: Modelling Hydraulic-Fracturing in 2D, by Magnus Wangen and Nina Simon; #120098 (2013)

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Abstract: Using Stable Isotopes to Detect Potential Inter-Formation Mixing of Fluids and Gases Following the Hydraulic Fracturing of Marcellus Shale Wells at NETLs Greene County Test Site in Southwestern Pennsylvania, by Sharma, Shikha; Sack, Andrea; Bowman, Lindsey; Schroder, Karl; Hammack, Richard W.; #90163 (2013)

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ABSTRACT Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Fractured Media, #90104 (2010)

Thiercelin Marc; Chuprakov Dimitry; Siebrits Eduard; Jeffrey Robert; Zhang Xi

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.... Understanding the propagation of hydraulic fractures through natural interfaces or discontinuities is therefore an important topic to  predict...

Unconventional Reservoir Development in Egypts Western Desert: Lessons Learned From the First Appraisal Wells

Mohamed Salah, Mazher Ibrahim

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... exploratory wells were drilled and completed via multistage hydraulic fracturing in the appraisal stage of the program for collecting the required data...

High-Resolution HFTS2 Slant Core Imaging Through X-ray Computed Micro Tomography

Javier O. Guerrero, D. Nicolas Espinoza, Julia F.W. Gale

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of the slant core from the Hydraulic Fracturing Testing Site 2 project (HFTS2) in the Delaware Basin, and (3) to map rock heterogeneity, including...

The Behavior of Fractures and Weak Planes in Response to Thermal and Mechanical Stress Changes During Drilling, Fracturing and Production

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AAPG Hedberg Research Conference “Structural Diagenesis: Fundamental Advances and New Applications from a Holistic View of Mechanical and Chemical Processes,” February 8-11, 2004, Austin Texas, AAPG, #90027 (2004)

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Application of Simulation of Coupled Hydraulic Fracture Propagation by Implementing Natural Fracture Modeling in Shale Oil Reservoir - A Case Study from Junggar Basin, China

Yanyan Ding, Yu Liang, Tingfeng Zhao, Mingwei Ma, Xingning Huang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Application of Simulation of Coupled Hydraulic Fracture Propagation by Implementing Natural Fracture Modeling in Shale Oil Reservoir - A Case Study...

Applications of Indirect Hydraulic Fracturing to Improve Coal Seam Gas Drainage for the Surat and Bowen Basins, Australia

Raymond Leslie Johnson Jr., Honja Miharisoa Ramanandraibe, Ayrton Ribeiro, Matthew Ramsay, Kaa Tipene, William Corbett

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of activating the natural cleat network. 16 URTEC-208375-MS Fig. 13—Orientation and longwall interceptions (black dots) of the hydraulic fracturing...

Multi-Fractured Plug-Less or Non-Isolated Stage Horizontal Shale Gas Well Placement Experiment in the Canadian Horn River Basin

Claudio Virues, Peter Chernik, James F. Pyecroft, David Meeks, Christopher Petr, Jurgen Lehmann

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... ULC (“Nexen”) has developed and applied a multi-stage hydraulic fracturing process for horizontal wellbores eliminating the need for mechanical bridge...

Abstract: Listening to the Rocks: Understanding Rock Fabric Heterogeneity for Hydraulic Fracturing In the Montney - Integrating Seismic Inversion with Microseismic; #90224 (2015)

Claudia Duenas, Matthew Lee, Thomas Davis, and David D'Amico

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...Abstract: Listening to the Rocks: Understanding Rock Fabric Heterogeneity for Hydraulic Fracturing In the Montney - Integrating Seismic Inversion...

Long Period, Long Duration (LPLD) Seismic Events Observed During Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania and West Virginia

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Successful Implementation of High Viscosity Friction Reducers from Laboratory to Field Scale: Middle Bakken Case Study

Mohammed Ba Geri, Abdulaziz Ellafi, Bruce Ofori, Ralph Flori, Huosameddin Sherif

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... of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations of North Dakota. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi:10.2118/169580-MS Greaves...

Hydraulic Fracturing in Coals „ Can the Data Assist Us in Better Understanding Reservoir Complexities in Coal Seam Methane Reservoirs?

Ray Johnson Jr., Thomas Flottmann, David Campagna

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of the natural fracture system of the coal seams to the wellbore by means of the minimum necessary level of stimulation, either by hydraulic fracturing...

An Efficient Model to Simulate Reservoir Stimulation and induced Microseismic Events on 3D Discrete Fracture Network for Unconventional Reservoirs

Matthieu Delorme, Jean-Marc Daniel, Chakib Kada-Kloucha, Nina Khvoenkova, Sylvie Schueller, Christine Souque

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... problem in modeling hydraulic fracturing. Moreover, the pre-existing natural fractures in shale formations complicate hydraulic fracture propagation...