Unrecognized 'fracture caging' could make shale drilling safer and more profitable

R. Weijermars; X. Zhang; D. Schultz-Ela

doi:10.3997/1365-2397.30.2.56439

ISSN: 0263-5046
E-ISSN: 1365-2397

Unrecognized 'fracture caging' could make shale drilling safer and more profitable
By R. Weijermars, X. Zhang and D. Schultz-Ela
Source: First Break, Volume 30, Issue 2, Feb 2012,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3997/1365-2397.30.2.56439
- Published online: 01 Feb 2012

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Ruud Weijermars (TU Delft, The Netherlands), Xi Zhang (CSIRO, Australia), and Dan Schultz-Ela (Colorado Mesa University, USA) explain how they independently happened on the previously unrecognized phenomena of ‘fracture caging’ which, if identified during drilling operations, could increase substantially the potential output from shale formations. A detailed paper on the findings will be published in a forthcoming issue of First Break.

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