We solve a problem of fluid dynamics in an arbitrarSignificant progress has been made in the quantitative ily shaped fracture containing proppant. The fracture modeling of the dynamic interaction of a fracture with is embedded in an absolutely rigid solid. The fluid flow surrounding elastic rock. Using the finite-difference method, is induced by normal harmonic oscillations of fracture Chouet (...

In recent years, numerical modelling of hydraulic fracture has become a hot topic in Petroleum Engineering. The main difficulty is related to the numerical treatment of discontinuities in a geological medium. Several approaches can be found in the literature (Boone and Ingraffea, 1990; Adachi et al., 2007); however, some of them resort to simplifications that make them inapplicable in complex c...

SUMMARY A series of studies were commissioned by Cuadrilla Resources Ltd to examine the possible relationship between hydraulic fracture operations at the Preese Hall well, near Blackpool, and a number of earthquakes which occurred in April and May 2011, the largest of which had a magnitude of 2.3 M L. The reports from these studies conclude that the earthquake activity was caused by direct flu...

Hydraulic fracturing is a technique that can provide space for oil and gas flow by pumping fluid into reservoir to fracture rock filling proppant create fractures or nets [...]

In this study we determine constitutive relations (relations between saturation, hydraulic conductivity and pressure head) for unsaturated fractured rocks using a computational procedure that mimics the laboratory technique of measurement. Isotropic three-dimensional rock samples with random vertical and horizontal fractures are computationally constructed. Each fracture is conceptualized as a ...