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oa How Geomechanics Analysis Help to Improve Hydraulic Fracture Design in Organic Shales
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, First EAGE/AMGP/AMGE Latin-American Seminar in Unconventional Resources, Nov 2017, Volume 2017, p.1 - 3
Abstract
Summary
The laminations in the organic shales influence the hydraulic fracture height because of the difference in mechanical properties measured normal and parallel to the bedding planes. Organic shales are considered as anisotropic media. Run sonic logs and generate the stress profile from these logs is a good practice to account the difference in mechanical properties in the vertical and horizontal direction (anisotropy).
Geomechanics analysis help to better understand the hydraulic fracture geometry for the stimulated volume in unconventional resources.
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