Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Near the Cavity in a Poroelastic Media
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- existing possibility of natural and artificial cracks emerging into the working, which can disrupt its integrity and possibly stop the underground activity;
- carbonate oil and gas reservoirs, which contain abundant natural fractures and cavities and have great potential for development via hydraulic fracturing.
2. Basic Equations of the Model
3. Numerical Test Results and Discussion
3.1. Formulation of the Problem
3.2. Uncoupled Problem
3.3. Influence of Poroelastic Parameters on Hydraulic Fracturing
3.4. Influence of s and P on the Hydraulic Fracturing Parameters
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Azarov, A.; Patutin, A.; Serdyukov, S. Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Near the Cavity in a Poroelastic Media. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 11004. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112211004
Azarov A, Patutin A, Serdyukov S. Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Near the Cavity in a Poroelastic Media. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(22):11004. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112211004
Chicago/Turabian StyleAzarov, Anton, Andrey Patutin, and Sergey Serdyukov. 2021. "Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Near the Cavity in a Poroelastic Media" Applied Sciences 11, no. 22: 11004. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112211004