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    Simulations of hydraulic fracturing initiation in perforated boreholes

    241261_Fallahzadeh Abarghooei 2016 1 year.pdf (12.52Mb)
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    Authors
    Fallahzadeh Abarghooei, Syed Hassan
    Date
    2015
    Supervisor
    Assoc. Prof. Mofazzal Hossain
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    School
    Department of Petroleum Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1332
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    Abstract

    The mechanism of initiation and propagation of hydraulic fracture from cased hole perforated wellbores is investigated through analytical, numerical and experimental studies. A new model was developed for arbitrarily oriented wellbore and perforation to predict the fracture initiation pressure, location and orientation, along the perforation length. In addition, scaled experimental and numerical studies were carried out to validate the analytical model and to investigate the effects of fluid viscosity and injection rate on fracture geometry.

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