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Fracture Initiation Pressure

Fracture Initiation Pressure is the minimum fluid pressure required to induce tensile failure and initiate a hydraulic fracture in a subsurface rock formation under in-situ stress conditions, distinguishing it from propagation or breakdown pressures within the context of reservoir geomechanics and multi-stage fracturing operations.

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859

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2017–2026

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Publications

273

Initiation and Extension of Hydraulic Fractures in Rocks

B.C. Haimson, C. Fairhurst · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal · 1967 · 734 citations

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Experimental study on fracture initiation and propagation in shale using supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing

Xinwei Zhang, Yiyu Lu, Jiren Tang et al. · Fuel · 2016 · 500 citations

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Interpretation of Fracturing Pressures

K. G. Nolte, Michael B. Smith · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 1981 · 417 citations

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Analysis of hydraulic fracture initiation and vertical propagation behavior in laminated shale formation

Peng Tan, Yan Jin, Ke Han et al. · Fuel · 2017 · 376 citations

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The Tip Region of a Fluid-Driven Fracture in an Elastic Medium

Dmitry Garagash, Emmanuel Detournay · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1999 · 310 citations

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Authors

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  1. BH
    B.C. Haimson

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    6 publications · 1K citations

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  2. FG
    Feng Gao

    China University of Mining and Technology, China

    6 publications · 323 citations

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  3. VL
    Vasily Lapin

    Federal Research Center for Information and Computational Technologies, Russia

    5 publications · 145 citations

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  4. KG
    K. G. Nolte

    Schlumberger (Canada), Canada

    5 publications · 801 citations

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  5. OP
    O. P. Alekseenko

    Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands), British Virgin Islands

    5 publications · 145 citations

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Institutions

226

  1. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    119 publications

    6.6K citations

  2. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    17 h-index

    62 publications

    3.1K citations

  3. Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

    Road Town, British Virgin Islands

    16 h-index

    50 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Chongqing University

    Chongqing, China

    13 h-index

    48 publications

    4.7K citations

  5. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation

    Chengdu, China

    13 h-index

    48 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. Southwest Petroleum University

    Chengdu, China

    12 h-index

    54 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. China University of Petroleum, East China

    Qingdao, China

    9 h-index

    38 publications

    1K citations

  8. Sinopec (China)

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    438 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

    24 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

    15 publications · 636 citations

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  3. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    10 publications · 427 citations

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  5. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 9 publications · 306 citations

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