Volume fracturing technology of unconventional reservoirs: Connotation, design optimization and implementation

Hydraulic Fracturing of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

A carefully engineered stimulation that makes use of opening mode fractures is an effective way to reduce injection and production impedance and provide better access for the fluid to enter and promote shearing in the main reservoir volume. We present results from field experiments that mapped the fracture geometry for opening mode hydraulic fractures formed in naturally fractured crystalline r...

Design and Implementation of a Comprehensive Database of the Written Heritage of Science and Technology

Purpose: This study aims to design and implement a comprehensive database of the written heritage of science and technology in the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST) and determine the metadata elements required to describe the manuscripts. Method: This study was carried out by the content analysis method to identify the metadata elements needed to describe the coll...

Bathymetry and Volume Estimation of Reservoirs using OLI Imagary

Nowadays using field depth measurement to estimate capacity of water reservoirs is a costly and time consuming method. In this regard, different multiple techniques of remote sensing method has been adopted. In this study, a radiation and reflection based model was introduced to estimating the bathymetry and water capacity of reservoir by images of OLI sensor. For this, at May 17, 2015 water de...

The effect of sufficient barrier layers on hydraulic fracturing design efficiency in one of the Iranian South hydrocarbon reservoirs

Hydraulic fracturing and matrix stimulation are two major methods of the reservoir stimulation. Hydraulic fracturing, which is the newest technique and technically more complex, is very useful in low permeability reservoirs. Although it has been used widely in hydrocarbon production wells, it is a new method in Iran. In this paper, the effect of sufficient barrier layers on hydraulic fracturing...

Coupled 3-D numerical simulation of proppant distribution and hydraulic fracturing performance optimization in Marcellus shale reservoirs