Book contents
- Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics
- Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Physical Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs
- Part II Stimulating Production from Unconventional Reservoirs
- 8 Horizontal Drilling and Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
- 9 Reservoir Seismology
- 10 Induced Shear Slip during Hydraulic Fracturing
- 11 Geomechanics and Stimulation Optimization
- 12 Production and Depletion
- Part III Environmental Impacts and Induced Seismicity
- References
- Index
8 - Horizontal Drilling and Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
from Part II - Stimulating Production from Unconventional Reservoirs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 June 2019
- Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics
- Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Physical Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs
- Part II Stimulating Production from Unconventional Reservoirs
- 8 Horizontal Drilling and Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing
- 9 Reservoir Seismology
- 10 Induced Shear Slip during Hydraulic Fracturing
- 11 Geomechanics and Stimulation Optimization
- 12 Production and Depletion
- Part III Environmental Impacts and Induced Seismicity
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter we review several key aspects of horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing. While this is not an engineering text, it is necessary to briefly cover several operational procedures associated with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to provide readers with a basic understanding of what is being typically done in the field, and why. More detailed information about the topics in this chapter is available from Economides & Nolte (2000), Ahmed & Meehan (2016), Smith & Montgomery (2015) and other sources. Detournay (2016) offers a comprehensive review of the mechanics of hydraulic fracturing from the perspective of theoretical fracture mechanics.
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- Unconventional Reservoir GeomechanicsShale Gas, Tight Oil, and Induced Seismicity, pp. 233 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019