Active and passive imaging of hydraulic fractures

P. B. Wills; D. C. Demartini; H. J. Vinegar; J. Shlyapobersky; W. F. Deeg; J. C. Woerpel; J. E. Fix; G. G. Sorrells; R. G. Adair

doi:10.1190/1.1436884

Active and passive imaging of hydraulic fractures

P. B. Wills, D. C. Demartini, H. J. Vinegar, J. Shlyapobersky, W. F. Deeg, J. C. Woerpel, J. E. Fix, G. G. Sorrells, R. G. Adair

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Abstract

Hydraulic fracturing is a method commonly used to stimulate production in low-permeability reservoirs. With this method, a viscous polymer-based fluid is injected into the formation, opening a fracture perpendicular to the direction of least principal stress. This is followed by injection of a suspension of sand in liquid proppant which prevents the fracture from closing after the fluid pressure is allowed to bleed off. After a fracture treatment, the reservoir can be produced from the vicinity of a fracture surface which is substantially larger than the surface of the borehole.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-22
Number of pages	8
Journal	Leading Edge
Volume	11
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1436884
State	Published - 1 Jan 1992
Externally published	Yes

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