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P3D Modeling of Vertical Hydraulic Fracture Growth
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, ECMOR II - 2nd European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Sep 1990, cp-231-00045
- ISBN: 978-27-1080-589-2
Abstract
Recent short cut design procedures for hydraulic fracturing treatment are based on two dimensional geometric description: either a penny shape or constant height is supposed. Unless the minimal horizontal stress is constant along the vertical direction or a high confining stress acts in the overburden and underburden these assumptions cannot be justified.