Hydraulic Fracturing Simulation in Iranian Carbonate Reservoir, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Jamshidi, Saeed (Supervisor) ; Pak, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
This paper presents finite-element simulation results for hydraulic fracture’s initiation, propagation at reservoirs with damaged zone and naturally fractured reservoirs that likely finds in Iranian oil fields. To address this objective, a two-dimensional poro-elastic model was solved and cohesive zone modeling was used as the methodology for simulation fractures. This enables us to assign individual criteria for fracture initiation and propagation in each model. Our results demonstrate that hydraulic fracturing is not useful in reservoir with strongly damaged zone around the wellbore, because pore pressure increases at that zone and plastic flow of fracture wall happens, so it is better to...
Cataloging briefHydraulic Fracturing Simulation in Iranian Carbonate Reservoir, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Jamshidi, Saeed (Supervisor) ; Pak, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
This paper presents finite-element simulation results for hydraulic fracture’s initiation, propagation at reservoirs with damaged zone and naturally fractured reservoirs that likely finds in Iranian oil fields. To address this objective, a two-dimensional poro-elastic model was solved and cohesive zone modeling was used as the methodology for simulation fractures. This enables us to assign individual criteria for fracture initiation and propagation in each model. Our results demonstrate that hydraulic fracturing is not useful in reservoir with strongly damaged zone around the wellbore, because pore pressure increases at that zone and plastic flow of fracture wall happens, so it is better to...
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