**5. Conclusions**

In this paper, we presented a practical analytical model to study the performance of MFHWs from shale gas reservoirs. Numerical models have been used to validate the analytical solutions and an excellent agreemen<sup>t</sup> was obtained. The following conclusions are drawn from this work:


**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, K.Q. and H.L.; methodology and investigation K.Q.; writing—original draft preparation K.Q.; writing—review and editing, H.L.; supervision, H.L.; project administration, H.L.; funding acquisition, H.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** National Science and Technology Major Project of China: 2017ZX05039-005.

**Acknowledgments:** This work is funded by the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (Grant no. 2017ZX05039-005).

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
